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The Vinyl Homopolymerization of Norbornene
Author(s) -
Janiak Christoph,
Lassahn Paul G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3927(20010401)22:7<479::aid-marc479>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - norbornene , materials science , polymer chemistry , microelectronics , copolymer , polymerization , polymer , polymer science , nanotechnology , composite material
A full literature and patent account (about 100 references) is given on work describing vinyl polymerization to form the homopolymer poly(norbornene). The interest in vinyl‐poly(norbornene) is driven by its dielectric and mechanical properties for the technical application as an interlevel dielectric in microelectronics applications. For comparison, the norbornene/olefin copolymerization is discussed also. The metal catalysts are introduced and important polymer product properties are emphasized. The six possible isomers for stereoregular poly(norbornene) are presented.