Two grades of metallocene-catalysed LLDPE and one grade of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) have been silane grafted and crosslinked by contact with water and their performance has been compared and evaluated. The effects of vinytrimethoxysilane (VTMOS) levels on the degree of crosslinking for each grade were also studied. It was found that increasing level of silane increases the degree of cros...

Functional group transformations at the group 4 metallocene framework have been demonstrated, which have provided relatively straightforward access to otherwise synthetically challenging derivatives. The pendant nitrile group in Ti and Zr metallocene complexes of the type [(η(5)-C5Me5)(η(5)-C5H4CMe2CH2CN)MCl2] was converted into an intramolecularly bound ketimido moiety by alkylation, which too...

We have used hafnium metallocene compounds as cathode interfacial layers for organic solar cells [OSCs]. A metallocene compound consists of a transition metal and two cyclopentadienyl ligands coordinated in a sandwich structure. For the fabrication of the OSCs, poly[3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene]:poly(styrene sulfonate), poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) + 66-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester, bi...

Titanocene and zirconocene ketene acetal derivatives have been prepared by reaction of the respective metallocene dichloride with the lithium enolate of isobutyric acid methyl ester. The crystal structure of (CsH s),Ti(CDOC(OCH 3):C(CH 3) is reported.

Metallocene complexes of the Group 3 metals and lanthanides have been utilized for cyclization/silylation reactions of polyunsaturated organic substrates. Acyclic dienes, trienes, enynes, and dienynes can be selectively cyclized to provide fiveand six-membered rings in high yields.

The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Abstract Efficient and scalable solution-based processes are not generally available to integrate well-studied pseudocapacitive materials (i.e., metal oxides and conducting polymers) with other components such as porous carbon, mainly because these classes of pseudocapacitive s...