Triple-detector GPC characterization and processing behavior of long-chain-branched polyethylene prepared by solution polymerization with constrained geometry catalyst

Fourteen long-chain branched (LCB) polyethylene (PE) samples were prepared by a constrained geometry catalyst. The PE samples had average branching frequencies of 0.06–0.98 branches per polymer chain, as determined by the nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (13C NMR). These samples, as well as five linear PEs were characterized using a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) coupled with online three-angle laser light scattering (LS), …