title: Toward main chain metallo-terpyridyl supramolecular polymers: "the metal does the trick".
abstract: Metallo-supramolecular chemistry offers possibilities for the construction of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials where the environment can have a large impact on the reversibility and strength of interactions between the individual components. The potential of manipulating the strength of the intermolecular non-covalent bonds can result in impressive modifications of the metallo-supramolecular structure and, subsequently, produces changes in the properties of the designed material. The present feature article provides an overview on recent developments in the field of metallo-polymerization of chelating terpyridyl and analogues ligands. Synthetic strategies are described followed by a discussion regarding the characterization and the application of the reviewed metallo-supramolecular structures, mainly based on terpyridines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiper
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoogenboom
authors.forename: Ulrich S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Schubert