Metal-containing polymers are attracting increasing attention asthey offer access to functional macromolecules and supramolecular materialswith novel properties. Our group has recently developed a photocontrolled routeto metallopolymers with controlled lengths and low dispersities, that offersgreat tolerance towards base-sensitive functionalities. This talk will focus onrecent efforts to develop the range of materials that are rendered accessiblethanks to this process. Polymers that could be easily functionalized wereprepared and characterized.  Hybridorganic/organometallic block copolymers in which the metallopolymer is preparedby photocontrolled ring-opening polymerization will be presented.

Recent developments on the photocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of metallocenophanes

240th National Meeting (2010)

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