A detailed, up-to-date review of transition metal-containing polymers\ Promising advances in the electrical, optical, magnetic, biological, and catalytic properties that metal-containing polymers possess have led to notable expansion in the field of transition metal-containing polymers. Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the synthesis, properties, and applications of transition metal-containing polymers, including an overview of...
A detailed, up-to-date review of transition metal-containing polymers Promising advances in the electrical, optical, magnetic, biological, and catalytic properties that metal-containing polymers possess have led to notable expansion in the field of transition metal-containing polymers. Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the synthesis, properties, and applications of transition metal-containing polymers, including an overview of the historical development of these types of polymers Written by the leading researchers in the field, this thorough volume covers the routes to organometallic and coordination polymers, as well as characterization and applications of transition metal-containing monomers and polymers. Other topics discussed include:Metallo-supramolecular coordination polymers based on nitrogen ligandsCoordination polymers based on phosphorus ligandsPolypeptide-based metallobiopolymers and DNA-based metallopolymersMetallodendrimersSelf-assembly of metal-containing block copolymersApplications including drug delivery, optics, molecular devices, sensors, conductive materials, and more
Contributors ixOrganometallic Polymers: The Early Days Charles U. Pittman, Jr. Charles E. Carraher, Jr. 1Recent Developments in Organometallic Polymers Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz Patrick O. Shipman 45Block Copolymers with Transition Metals in the Main Chain David A. Rider Ian Manners 135Metal-Containing [pi]-Conjugated Polymers Mark J. MacLachlan 161Metal Coordination Polymers for Nanofabrication Wai Kin Chan Kai Wing Cheng 217Rigid-Rod Polymetallaynes Wai-Yeung Wong Cheuk-Lam Ho247Polymers with Metal-Metal Bonds Along Their Backbones David R. Tyler 287Structures and Properties of One-Dimensional Transition Metal-Containing Coordination/Organometallic Polymers and Oligomers Built Upon Assembling Diphosphine and Diisocyanide Ligands Pierre D. Harvey 321Redox-Based Functionalities of Multinuclear Metal Complex Systems Hiroshi Nishihara 369Metallodendrimers and Their Potential Utilitarian Applications Seok-Ho Hwang George R. Newkome 399Metallodendritic Iron Complexes: Design, Catalysis, and Molecular Recognition Didier Astruc 439Polypeptide-BasedMetallobiopolymers Khaled A. Mahmoud Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz 473Supramolecular Metal Arrays on Artificial Metallo-DNAs and Peptides Mitsuhiko Shionoya 499Subject Index 507Metals Index 533
\ From the Publisher"It is an excellent collection of research results and measured predictions for the future." (Platinum Metals Review, January 2008)\ "...a very thorough review of the latest trends in metallopolymer research." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 20, 2007)\ "The book has many strengths. The coverage is excellent and comprehensive... This is a book that everyone working in the field should have within reach..." (Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, July 2007) \ \ \