Metallo-Supramolecular initiators for the preparation of novel functional architectures.
Polymeric materials containing coordinative units have become a field of increasing interest. The combination of inorganic metal-containing units and macromolecules leads to supramolecular structures with new properties. One promising approach to such systems is the application of metallo-supramolecular initiators for living and controlled polymerization methods. The utilization of bi- and terpyridine units and complexes for this purpose will be discussed in this article.
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Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry SMO, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. u.s.schubert@tue.nl
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