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Recent Trends in Metallopolymer Design: Redox‐Controlled Surfaces, Porous Membranes, and Switchable Optical Materials Using Ferrocene‐Containing Polymers
Author(s) -
Gallei Markus,
Rüttiger Christian
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201800412
Subject(s) - ferrocene , nanotechnology , redox , materials science , polymer , polymerization , smart material , membrane , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , electrochemistry , electrode , biochemistry , composite material , metallurgy
Metallopolymers with metal functionalities are a unique class of functional materials. Their redox‐mediated optoelectronic and catalytic switching capabilities, their outstanding structure formation and separation capabilities have been reported recently. Within this Minireview, the scope and limitations of intriguing ferrocene‐containing systems will be discussed. In the first section recent advances in metallopolymer design will be given leading to a plethora of novel metallopolymer architectures. Discussed synthetic pathways comprise controlled and living polymerization protocols as well as surface immobilization strategies. In the following sections, we focus on recent advances and new applications for side‐chain and main‐chain ferrocene‐containing polymers as (i) remote‐switchable materials, (ii) smart surfaces, (iii) redox‐responsive membranes, and some recent trends in (iv) photonic structures and (v) other optical applications.