| Abstract: | Stereospecific—isospecific, syndiospecific, and diastereospecific—polymerizations of methacrylates using group 4 metallocene and related catalysts produce polymethacrylates with controlled stereo‐microstructures. The versatility and stereospecificity of these cat‐ alysts for methyl methacrylate polymerization were demonstrated not only in solution‐phase polymerization, but also in polymerizations on silica surfaces and inside silicate nanogalleries. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 3395–3403, 2004 |
