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Volume 38 - April 2013

Contents

Page 9 of 16

Ziegler-Natta catalysis: 50 years after the Nobel Prize

Research Article

  • Some reflections on the current state of Cr-based polymerization catalysts

  • Max McDaniel
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 March 2013, pp. 234-238

  • The state of Phillips Cr/silica catalyst technology is discussed in this article, including recent advances in the science and also economic and environmental challenges to its continued viability. Although these catalysts have often been described as “mature,” many new innovations have been introduced in the past decade that reduce cost, improve quality, and expand the range of products that can be made. Polymers having unusually high, and low, levels of long-chain branching have been introduced. Several advances in the control of the short-chain branch distribution have also been made. Ways to lower the catalyst costs have been successfully implemented, such that Phillips-type catalysts are still the least expensive in the industry. Finally, new chromium-containing hybrid catalysts have been made that marry attributes from single-site and conventional Cr oxide catalysts.

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  • In Memoriam

  • Lhadi Merhari
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    15 May 2013, p. 363
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  • Energy Focus: Perovskite-based planar heterojunction solar cell achieves record efficiency

  • Colin McCormick
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 November 2013, pp. 888-891
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  • Ferroelectric-like phase transition observed in a metal

  • Steven Spurgeon
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    17 December 2013, p. 1002
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  • Energy Focus: Cu-doping enables high-efficiency flexible-substrate CdTe solar cells

  • Colin McCormick
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    14 October 2013, pp. 772-773
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  • Bio Focus: Bioinspired polymeric carbon nitride nanospheres dramatically improve photoredox catalysis

  • Steven Trohalaki
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    14 January 2013, pp. 7-8
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  • EU-US joint consultative group meets on science and technology cooperation

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    12 April 2013, p. 298
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  • Energy Focus: Quantum dot layer fine-tuned for higher efficiency QLEDs

  • Christopher Patridge
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    09 August 2013, p. 599
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  • Nano Focus: Stretchable gold conductor grows its own wires

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    14 October 2013, pp. 773-774
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  • News: Materials Researchers

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    09 August 2013, p. 600
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Ziegler-Natta catalysis: 50 years after the Nobel Prize

Research Article

  • Functionalization of aliphatic polyketones

  • Philip C. Zehetmaier, Sergei I. Vagin, Bernhard Rieger
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 March 2013, pp. 239-244

  • Although aliphatic polyketones built from carbon monoxide and olefins have not yet found widespread application in industry and everyday life, this material has great potential, as its properties can be tuned, almost boundlessly, to desired traits or values. For example, the melting temperature and the phase transition temperatures can be varied largely, therefore making it possible to design a polymeric material with adjustable properties. Regardless of its feasibility for replacing common commodity polymers such as polypropylene or polyethylene in some special utilization areas, we want to highlight some aspects for the great potential of aliphatic polyketones as a functional material in drug delivery, bioengineering, optical devices, and other applications.

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  • Vanadium oxide metamaterial structure appears to cool as it heats

  • Tim Palucka
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    17 December 2013, pp. 1002-1003
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  • Crystalline reflectors enable ultralow-thermal-noise optical cavities

  • Colin McCormick
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    12 September 2013, pp. 670-671
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  • Nanomaterials’ variety, complexity hard to fathom: napira.jrc.ec.europa.eu www.goodnanoguide.org www.nano.gov

  • Michael de Laine
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    14 January 2013, pp. 10-11
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  • Workshop makes recommendations to increase diversity in materials science and engineering

  • Ashley White
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    06 February 2013, pp. 120-122
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  • Wiki your way into materials history

  • Piper Klemm
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    15 July 2013, p. 583
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  • Bio Focus: Is zinc the perfect material for bioabsorbable stents?

  • Joseph Bennington-Castro
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    07 June 2013, pp. 438-440
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  • Tax credits available for US clean energy manufacturers: www.energy.gov

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    12 April 2013, p. 298
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