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pubs.acs.org/Macromolecules Novel Graphene UHMWPE Nanocomposites Prepared by Polymerization Filling Using Single-Site Catalysts Supported on Functionalized Graphene Nanosheet Dispersions Markus Stu?rzel,*,? Fabian Kempe,? Yi Thomann,? Stefan Mark,? Markus Enders,? and Rolf Mu?lhaupt*,? Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) and Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Str. 31, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany ABSTRACT: Novel families of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethy- lene (UHMWPE) nanocomposites, containing uniformly dispersed, functionalized graphene (FG) nanosheets, were prepared by means of the polymerization ?lling technique (PFT). Unparalleled by any other carbon and boehmite nanocomposites, FG/UHMWPE exhibited an unusual simultaneous improvement in stffness, elongation at break, and effective nucleation of polyethylene crystallization at only 1 wt % FG content. FG nanosheets are ultrathinwith a thickness of only one carbon atom and lateral dimensions of several micrometers. Owing to the presence of surface hydroxyl groups on the FG, single FG/methylaluminoxane (MAO) nanosheets can be effectively dispersed in n-heptane, thus enabling immobilization of an MAO-activated chromium (Cr1) single-site catalyst on FG. In contrast to nanometer-scale carbon black (CB), multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphite, and nanoboehmite, which failed to form stable dispersions, FG/MAO/Cr1 afforded the highest catalyst activities and excellent morphological control. In polymerization ?lling, the integration of a nanoparticle dispersion into the polymerization process eliminated the need for special safety and handling precautions typically required by conventional compounding of nanoparticles with ultralow bulk densities.  INTRODUCTION Ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylen