The chromatographic selectivities of polystyrene-coated zirconia (PS-ZrO2) have been investigated in detail by means of homologue series retention studies and studies of a variety of nonpolar aromatic positional isomers. This material has been compared to polybutadiene-coated zirconia, octadecyl- and phenyl-bonded silica, and polymer-based reversed phases. In addition, the separations of a wide...

Butadiene polymerization, in both a highly cisand trans-specific manner, was achieved by using a Cp*Nd(BH4)2(thf)2–Bu2Mg system as an initiator. The cis-/transratio can be tuned by the amount of trialkylaluminum-depleted modified methylaluminoxane (dMMAO). The cis-regularity of the polymer was much higher than those obtained by Nd(BH4)3(thf)3. The molecular weight of cis-regular polymer was inc...

High modulus bitumens modified by polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene (SBS) with different molecular structure were investigated on dynamic shear rheometer and fluorescence microscopy to evaluate viscoelastic properties and morphology of binders. The results shows that storage modulus (G’) is obviously less than loss modulus (G”), which means viscous behaviour of bitumen is domina...