Metal-containing polymers feature the inherent electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of metal atoms while also maintaining the modularity of organic polymer systems. The metal-containing polymers reported thus far have been limited in scope and concentration of metal atoms included per monomer unit. Superatoms are composed of a discrete number of atoms forming a pseudo-spherical molecular cluster behaving as one entity. This presentation will introduce a novel superatom-containing polymer that is redox-active and can be easily self-assembled into nanosctructures. The superatom, composed of cobalt selenide, is functionalized as a pendant cluster onto a norbornene backbone. Ring opening metathesis polymerization is employed to synthesize superatom-containing homopolymers and block copolymers with high molecular weights and polydispersities. These polymers contain an electron rich superatom composed of Co<sub>6</sub>Se<sub>8 </sub>capped with phosphine ligands, forming a redox-active monomer and polymer. The functionalized monomer can be polymerized to synthesize a library of block copolymers with targeted architectures. This work describes new opportunities for continued advancement of metal-containing polymers as functional materials.

Synthesis and self-assembly of a redox-active, superatom-containing polymer

254th National Meeting (2017)

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