Contents


Preface

Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most important commodity plastics that was first synthesized by J. Paul Hogan and Robert L. Banks in 1951. After almost seven decades of innovation in science and engineering, PP-based materials have found tremendous applications in automobiles, industrial moldings, consumer packaging, and medical devices. The objective of this book is to provide an overview of the progress in PP from the perspectives of synthesis, structure–property relationship,

In the chapter Versatile Propylene-Based Polyolefins with Tunable Molecular Structure through Tailor-Made Catalysts and Polymerization Process, Dr. Xiong Wang reviews the chemical structure, catalytic systems, and various polymerization

In the chapter Thermal Conductivity of Polypropylene-Based Materials,

enhance the thermal conductivity of PP-based composites.

effects the -phase modification on the mechanical properties.

Dr. Antonella Patti addresses the growing demand in thermal conductive plastics by providing an overview of the thermal conductivity of PP and methods to

In the chapter Polypropylene Blends and Composite: Processing-Morphology-Performance Relationship of Injected Pieces, Dr. Alejandra Costantino summarizes the progress and fire retardancy mechanism of PP composite-based nano-fire

In the last chapter, Effect of Processing and Orientation on Structural and

In the chapter Tensile Properties in -Modified Isotactic Polypropylene, Dr. Koh-Hei Nitta prepares spherulitic isotactic PPs by adding -nucleators and investigates the

Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Products, Dr. Luca Fambri illustrates the mechanical and structural properties of oriented i-PP homopolymers by using

**Dr. Weiyu Wang**

Guangzhou, China

**Dr. Yiming Zeng** H.B. Fuller Company,

United States

South China University of Technology,

processing, PP composites, and applications.

processes to synthesize PP.

various characterization methods.

retardants.
