The rapid growth of traffic load and volume has put forward higher requirements for road durability. To extend the service life roads, this work investigated feasibility using polyolefin elastomers with a two-phase molecular structure to simultaneously improve high low-temperature performance asphalt. characteristics modifier were evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry first. Following ...

VistamaxxTM Specialty Elastomers are polyolefin elastomers with isotactic propylene crystallinity. These polymers contain a predominant (>80%) amount of propylene with isotactic propylene crystallinity, with the balance of the composition being ethylene and other αolefins. This new family of thermoplastic elastomers are highly elastic and exhibit excellent recovery from deformation. These polym...

We report the design, synthesis, morphology, phase behavior, and mechanical properties of semicrystalline, polyolefin-based block copolymers. By using living, stereoselective insertion polymerization catalysts, syndiotactic polypropylene-block-poly(ethylene-co-propylene)-block-syndiotactic polypropylene and isotactic polypropylene-block-regioirregular polypropylene-block-isotactic polypropylene...

In gas-phase polyolefin processes, it is important to evaluate the melting temperature of particles since exceeding this may cause particle sticking and aggregation. work, a mod...

The size, shape and distribution of different phases in thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) blends and composites are critical to the properties of the materials, but can be difficult to characterise. Here we report the combination of heavy metal staining and focused ion beam - scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) to reveal the three-dimensional (3D) structure of an elastomer-modified poly(propyle...

Here we have demonstrated a solventless plasma-based process that integrates low-cost, high throughput, high reproducibility and ecofriendly process for the functionalization of the next-generation point-of-care device platforms. Amine functionalities were deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) using a new precursor. The influence of the plasma RF power and the depositi...

A selective divalent chain transfer agent is designed to exclusively lead polyolefin growth on a pentanediyl moiety via coordinative polymerization (CCTP).