Homogeneous vs heterogeneous polymerization catalysis revealed by single-particle fluorescence microscopy.
A high-sensitivity and high-resolution single-particle fluorescence microscopy technique differentiated between homogeneous and heterogeneous metathesis polymerization catalysis by imaging the location of the early stages of polymerization. By imaging single polymers and single crystals of Grubbs II, polymerization catalysis was revealed to be solely homogeneous rather than heterogeneous or both.
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States.
N Melody
NM
Esfandiari
Suzanne A
SA
Blum
D002384:Catalysis; D007192:Indenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D007192:Indenes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; C004689:dicyclopentadiene