Carbene complexes are organometallic species characterised by a neutral divalent carbon centre coordinated to a transition metal. These complexes fall into distinct classes: Fischer carbenes, which ...

In a conventional living ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), an equal number of ruthenium complexes to the number of polymer chains synthesized are required. This can lead to high loadings ...

A team of researchers from the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, both in Canada, has developed a new kind of glue that is able to bond polyethylene materials together. In ...

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