Metallocene ethylene-co-(5,7-dimethylocta-1, 6-diene) copolymers crosslinked using electron beam irradiation: a tunable alternative

The authors are grateful for the financial support of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (project MAT2010-19883), Exchange Collaboration Program CSIC/FCT (projects 2005PT0033/Proc. 4-1-1 Espanha 2006/2007 and 2009PT0026/Proc. 441.00 CSIC) and Fundacâo para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Programa Operacional Ciencia Tecnologia e Inovacâo (POCTI) do Quadro Comunitario de Apoio III e comparticipado pelo Fundo Comunitario Europeu FEDER (project PDCT/CTM/66408/2006). The synchrotron work, performed at DESY, received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 226716.