Transition-Metal Complexes for Olefin Polymerization and Main-Group Bonding
This community develops molecular catalysts and studies the fundamental electronic structures of metal complexes, focusing on the synthesis of materials for polymer production and the bonding behavior of main-group elements.
The work centers on the design and characterization of nickel, palladium, and rare-earth metal complexes for olefin polymerization, ring-opening polymerization, and copolymerization. Recurring themes include the synthesis of ligands, the determination of crystal and electronic structures, and the investigation of reactivity in transition-metal and main-group systems. Specific applications include ethylene oligomerization, the formation of metal-metal bonds in beryllium and uranium compounds, and the use of density functional theory to model these interactions. The research is heavily oriented toward understanding how ligand environment and metal identity influence catalytic activity and molecular stability.
The community is most prominent in research on Tantalum, Beryllium, and Thorium, representing 6.6% of all tracked literature for each of these elements. It also constitutes 6.0% of Zirconium and Uranium research. The total body of work comprises 28,274 papers, published primarily in Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Recent work includes the development of nickel catalysts for olefin copolymerization with polar monomers, germanium-mediated redox catalysis, and the synthesis of functionalized polyethylene with ketone groups for photodegradability.
Papers behind this description
- Poly(lactic Acid): A Versatile Biobased Polymer for the Future with Multifunctional Properties—From Monomer Synthesis, Polymerization Techniques and Molecular Weight Increase to PLA Applications — Polymers, 2021 — doi:10.3390/polym13111822
- Recent advances in nickel Catalysis for thermoplastic polyethylene elastomers: Synthesis strategies, properties, and future perspectives — Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216833
- Block2 : A comprehensive open source framework to develop and apply state-of-the-art DMRG algorithms in electronic structure and beyond — The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 — doi:10.1063/5.0180424
- Molecular Main Group Metal Hydrides — Chemical Reviews, 2021 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00278
- Structure and size of complete hydration shells of metal ions and inorganic anions in aqueous solution — Dalton Transactions, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d4dt01449a
- The General Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure System (GAMESS): Novel Methods on Novel Architectures — Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 — doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00379
- Porogenic Solvents in Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Synthesis: A Comprehensive Review of Current Practices and Emerging Trends — Polymers, 2025 — doi:10.3390/polym17081057
- A Constrained Structural Symmetry Strategy for Nickel-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization and Copolymerization with Polar Monomers — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c16150
- Synthesis of Methyl-Branched Functionalized Polyethylene Using α-Imino Ketone Nickel Catalysts for High-Temperature Ethylene (Co)Polymerization — ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acsapm.5c03435
- Reliable Structures and Electronic Energies of Small Water Clusters Using Density Functional and Local Correlation Coupled Cluster Model Chemistries — The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.5c04923