Strategies to enhance the processability of UHMWPE (IMAGE)

Industrial Chemistry & Materials

Strategies to enhance the processability of UHMWPE

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Four strategies to enhance the processability of UHMWPE are explored using heterogenised metallocene catalysts to produce polymers with decreased melt viscosity and excellent mechanical performance.

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Dermot O'Hare, University of Oxford Department of Chemistry, UK

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