title: Polystannanes: processible molecular metals with defined chemical structures.
abstract: Polystannanes are a unique class of materials as those inorganic polymers (more precisely organometallic polymers) appear to be hitherto the only characterized polymers with a backbone of covalently bound metal atoms. This review reflects the synthesis, spectroscopic characterization (in particular (119)Sn NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy), physical properties and material properties of polystannanes, and their processing into (oriented) films and fiber blends.
authors.affiliation: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Department of Materials, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. walter.caseri@mat.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Caseri