1. Renewable Resources for New Polyolefin Architectures
Robert T. Mathers, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, New Kensington
Benefits of renewable chain transfer agents
- readily available by-product of the citrus industry
- less volatile and less toxic than petroleum based solvents
- control polymer molecular weight
- comonomer for some catalysts
d-limonene
Metallocene polymerizations in d-limonene
d-Limonene is incorporated into the polymer due to chain transfer or copolymerization