Metal-Containing and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials

Metal-containing and metallo-supramolecular polymers and materials.

Metallo-supramolecular cyclic polymers.

Cyclic brush polymers represent an exciting new macromolecular topology. For the first time, this new topology has been combined with metallo-supramolecular interactions to construct novel cyclic brush polymers. Here, ring-expansion metathesis polymerization was used to synthesize a universal cyclic template with a polynorbornene backbone, which was further modified with the metal-chelating syn...

Metal-ligand-containing polymers: terpyridine as the supramolecular unit.

New and interesting properties can be obtained from macromolecular architectures functionalized with supramolecular moieties, particularly metal-ligand complexes. Self-assembly, based on the selective control of noncovalent interactions, guides the creation of hierarchically ordered materials providing access to novel structures and new properties. This field has expanded significantly in the l...

Synthesis and optical properties of metallo-supramolecular polymers.

Metal-ligand interactions between metal ions, such as Zn2+, and ditopic low-molecular weight conjugated monomers, which utilize the 2,6-bis(1'-methylbenzimidazolyl)pyridine ligand, lead to the formation of supramolecular conjugated polymers with interesting optical properties.

Coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks: materials by design.

The field of coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has evolved over a period of approximately 25 years to a stage where it is one of the most widely investigated areas of materials chemistry. The field has impacted many areas of science including commercial applications from gas storage agents to new investigations as drug-delivery vehicles [1]. Coordination polymers and MOF...