title: Highly-metallized phosphonium polyelectrolytes.
abstract: The synthesis and characterization of a novel class of highly-metallized, redox-active polyelectrolytes that employ phosphorus as a scaffold for the installation of transition metals is described. Pyrolysis of thin films of the title polyelectrolytes resulted in the production of magnetite crystallites and ill-defined carbon-, phosphorus- and oxygen-rich phases in char yields of nearly 50%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research (CAMBR), The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario, CanadaN6A 5B7. pragogna@uwo.ca joe.gilroy@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rabiee Kenaree
authors.forename: Bradley M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Berven
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ragogna
authors.forename: Joe B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gilroy