Macromolecular metal complexes thermodynamics

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Formation of Macromolecular Metal Complexes and Their Structural Organization... 

Chapter 3 concentrates on different aspects of the formation of macromolecular metal complexes (MMCs) by interaction of a macromolecular ligand with a metal compound MX . Such metal-containing macromolecules are classified in Section 1.2.1 as type I. Chapter 4 concentrates on polymerizations of metal-containing monomers. Examples of the binding of MX at macromolecular ligands are given in more detail in Chapter 5. The kinetics and thermodynamics of formation of macromolecular metal complexes of type II, type III and type rv are not known in detail. A few aspects are included in Chapters 6, 7 and 8. 

Chapters 1 and 2 of Part A PREFACE introduce into definitions, classifications, history, properties and biological systems of macromolecular metal complexes. Then part B SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURES contain at first in chapter 3 kinetics and thermodynamics of formation of these complexes. The following chapters 4 till 8 describe in detail the various synthetic routes for the preparation of macromolecular metal complexes. Part C with chapters 9 till 14 is devoted to PROPERTIES. The most important ones are binding of small molecules, physical and optical sensors, catalysis, photocatalysis and electron/photon induced processes. In chapter 15 few closing remarks are made. 

B. Kinetical, Thermodynamical, and Analytical Aspects of Macromolecular Metal Complex Formation... 

Used widely in synthetic macromolecular and natural biopolymer fields to evaluate structural and thermodynamic properties of macromolecular materials, thermal analytical methods have been applied to assist in the characterization of natural organic matter (NOM). Originally applied to whole soils, early thermal studies focused on qualitative and quantitative examination of soil constituents. Information derived from such analyses included water, organic matter, and mineral contents (Matejka, 1922 Tan and Hajek, 1977), composition of organic matter (Tan and Clark, 1969), and type of minerals (Matejka, 1922 Hendricks and Alexander, 1940). Additional early studies applied thermal analyses in a focused effort for NOM characterization, including structure (Turner and Schnitzer, 1962 Ishiwata, 1969) and NOM-metal complexes (e.g., Schnitzer and Kodama, 1972 Jambu et al., 1975a,b Tan, 1978). Summaries of early thermal analytical methods for soils and humic substances may be found in Tan and Hajek (1977) and Schnitzer (1972), respectively, while more current reviews of thermal techniques are provided by Senesi and Lof-fredo (1999) and Barros et al. (2006). 

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