Walter Kaminsky Explained

Walter Kaminsky (born 7 May 1941) is a German chemist who specializes in olefin polymerization and plastic recycling. He discovered the high activity of Group 4 metallocene/methylaluminoxane (MAO) mixtures (later named the Kaminsky catalyst) as catalysts for olefin polymerization in 1980.^[1]

Education and career

Kaminsky was born in Hamburg, Germany and studied chemistry at the University of Hamburg. He received his PhD under Hansjörg Sinn in 1978 and obtained his habilitation in 1982, both at the University of Hamburg. He has been a faculty member at the University of Hamburg since 1977, and later became a full professor for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry. He retired and became an emeritus professor in 2006.

Kaminsky was awarded, among other prizes, the Körber European Science Prize in 1988, the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Medal,^[2] and the Hermann Staudinger Prize 2002. In 2024, he was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame.^[3]

Bibliography

• Book: Transition Metals and Organometallics as Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization . 1988 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 978-3-642-83278-9 . Kaminsky . Walter . Berlin, Heidelberg . en . 10.1007/978-3-642-83276-5 . Sinn . Hansjörg.
• Book: Metalorganic Catalysts for Synthesis and Polymerization . 1999 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 978-3-642-64292-0 . Kaminsky . Walter . Berlin, Heidelberg . en . 10.1007/978-3-642-60178-1.
• Book: Scheirs . John . Kaminsky . Walter . Metallocene based polyolefins: preparation, properties, and technology . 1 . 2000 . Wiley . 978-0-471-99911-9 . Chichester Weinheim.
• Book: Metallocene-based polyolefins: preparation, properties, and technology . 2000 . 2 . Wiley . 978-0-471-98086-5 . Scheirs . John . Chichester ; New York . Kaminsky . W..
• Book: Olefin polymerization: selected contributions from the conference in Hamburg (Germany), October 10-12, 2005 . 2006 . Wiley-VCH Verlag . 978-3-527-31742-4 . Kaminsky . W. . Macromolecular symposia . Weinheim, Germany . ocm68568114.
• Book: Scheirs, John . Feedstock recycling and pyrolysis of waste plastics: converting waste plastics into diesel and other fuels . Kaminsky . Walter . 2006 . J. Wiley & sons . 978-0-470-02152-1 . Wiley series in polymer science . Chichester.
• Book: Polyolefins: 50 years after Ziegler and Natta I: Polyethylene and Polypropylene . 2013 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 978-3-642-40807-6 . Kaminsky . Walter . Advances in Polymer Science . 257 . Berlin, Heidelberg . en . 10.1007/978-3-642-40808-3.
• Book: Polyolefins: 50 years after Ziegler and Natta II: Polyolefins by Metallocenes and Other Single-Site Catalysts . 2013 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 978-3-642-40804-5 . Kaminsky . Walter . Advances in Polymer Science . 258 . Berlin, Heidelberg . en . 10.1007/978-3-642-40805-2.

External links

• Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-05-31 . Dr. Walter Kaminsky: Pioneer of Catalysts Revolutionizing Polymer Production and Recycling . 2024-06-19 . www.ptonline.com . en.
2. Web site: Walter Kaminsky. The Franklin Institute. 10 January 2014 . 6 September 2017.
3. Web site: Dr. Walter Kaminsky . 2024-06-19 . plasticshof.org.