Synonyms
Polypropene; Poly(propene), PP
Definition
Polypropylene (PP), which is prepared by polymerization of propylene, forms transparent and translucent crystalline plastics, thermoplastic resins, and heat-resistant compounds. The polymer properties highly depend on the tacticities (isotactic, syndiotactic, and atactic).
Introduction
Polypropylene (PP) is one of commodity plastics (e.g., polyethylene, polystyrene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, polyvinyl chloride, and polymethyl methacrylate) (Fig. 1) [1, 2]. The history of polypropylene began in 1954 when German chemist Karl Rehn and Italian chemist Giulio Natta first polymerized propylene. PP is prepared with an organometallic olefin polymerization catalyst. A certain type of organometallic olefin polymerization catalysts with bulky ligands yields crystalline isotactic and syndiotactic PP. Atactic PP materials with amorphous structures, which are prepared by organometallic catalyst without stereoregularity capability, are...
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Takashima, Y. (2015). Polypropylene. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_254
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