Shamiri, A. (author), Chakrabarti, M.H. (author), Jahan, S. (author), Hussain, M.A. (author), Kaminsky, W. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author), Yehye, W.A. (author) 50 years ago, Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the catalytic polymerization of ethylene and propylene using titanium compounds and aluminum-alkyls as co-catalysts. Polyolefins have grown to become one of the biggest of all produced polymers. New metallocene/methylaluminoxane (MAO) catalysts open...
journal article 2014