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Metallocene catalysts have had a significant impact in the field of olefin polymerization over the last years. This article describes how the metallocenes made it from a laboratory curiosity to industrial scale applications. A major breakthrough was the development of suitable supporting techniques that allow the adaptation of this new generation of catalysts to large scale heterogeneous polymerization reactors.
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Kristen, M.O. Supported metallocene catalysts with MAO and boron activators. Topics in Catalysis 7, 89–95 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019195229418
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