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Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy
Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is an activator for single‐site olefin polymerization catalysts. Structural characterization of MAO, and in particular the influence of its heterogenization on a silica support, is pivotal for the understanding and optimization of this versatile co‐catalyst. In this work, we...
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29734481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801714 |
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author | Velthoen, Marjolein E. Z. Meeldijk, Johannes D. Meirer, Florian Weckhuysen, Bert M. |
author_facet | Velthoen, Marjolein E. Z. Meeldijk, Johannes D. Meirer, Florian Weckhuysen, Bert M. |
author_sort | Velthoen, Marjolein E. Z. |
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description | Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is an activator for single‐site olefin polymerization catalysts. Structural characterization of MAO, and in particular the influence of its heterogenization on a silica support, is pivotal for the understanding and optimization of this versatile co‐catalyst. In this work, we demonstrate that by varying the MAO loading on a silica support, we can tune the single particle characteristics in terms of MAO distribution and consequent activity. At low MAO loading we reveal two possible intraparticle MAO distributions: a homogeneous and an Al‐shell type distribution. With increasing MAO loading, the interparticle MAO distribution becomes more homogeneous. Acidity probing measurements on the single particle level explain how a different intraparticle MAO distribution results in a different activity in metallocene activation. Al‐shell particles contain remaining silanol groups and a negligible amount of acid sites and are, therefore, considered inactive for metallocene activation. Only the solid activator particles with a homogeneous intraparticle MAO distribution contain a sufficient number of acid sites, capable of activating the deposited metallocenes. |
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spelling | pubmed-65637052019-06-20 Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy Velthoen, Marjolein E. Z. Meeldijk, Johannes D. Meirer, Florian Weckhuysen, Bert M. Chemistry Full Papers Methylaluminoxane (MAO) is an activator for single‐site olefin polymerization catalysts. Structural characterization of MAO, and in particular the influence of its heterogenization on a silica support, is pivotal for the understanding and optimization of this versatile co‐catalyst. In this work, we demonstrate that by varying the MAO loading on a silica support, we can tune the single particle characteristics in terms of MAO distribution and consequent activity. At low MAO loading we reveal two possible intraparticle MAO distributions: a homogeneous and an Al‐shell type distribution. With increasing MAO loading, the interparticle MAO distribution becomes more homogeneous. Acidity probing measurements on the single particle level explain how a different intraparticle MAO distribution results in a different activity in metallocene activation. Al‐shell particles contain remaining silanol groups and a negligible amount of acid sites and are, therefore, considered inactive for metallocene activation. Only the solid activator particles with a homogeneous intraparticle MAO distribution contain a sufficient number of acid sites, capable of activating the deposited metallocenes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-06-08 2018-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6563705/ /pubmed/29734481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801714 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Full Papers Velthoen, Marjolein E. Z. Meeldijk, Johannes D. Meirer, Florian Weckhuysen, Bert M. Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title | Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title_full | Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title_fullStr | Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title_full_unstemmed | Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title_short | Intra‐ and Interparticle Heterogeneities in Solid Activators for Single‐Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis as Revealed by Micro‐Spectroscopy |
title_sort | intra‐ and interparticle heterogeneities in solid activators for single‐site olefin polymerization catalysis as revealed by micro‐spectroscopy |
topic | Full Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29734481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801714 |
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