Materials organometallic polymers

Materials science applications have driven a vigorous search for new organometallic compounds, both molecular3 and polymeric,4 as precursors for new materials. In the case of polymers, this interest is driven by two different end applications. The first is the intrinsic properties of the materials, such as their electronic, photonic, or thermal/mechanical properties. The second is their use as precursors to purely inorganic materials. Organometallic polymers are particularly attractive precursors because of the inherent ease and versatility that they exhibit with regard to processing. 

NeUson RH, Jinkerson DL, Kucera WR, Longlet JJ, Samuel RC, Wood CE (1994) In Wisian-NeUson P, AUcock HR, Wynne KJ (eds) Inorganic and organometallic polymers II. Advanced materials and intermediates. ACS Symposium Series, Washington, DC, chap 18,572 232... 

Finally, one additional comment concerning the nature of progress from interdisciplinary research is evident from the results reported in this Symposium Volume. Once again it is seen that most rapid progress is made when synthetic chemists collaborate with their colleagues in materials science or physics to determine properties of new inorganic and organometallic polymers. 

Organometallic polymer precursors offer the potential to manufacture shaped forms of advanced ceramic materials using low temperature processing. Polysilazanes, compounds containing Si-N bonds in the polymer backbone, can be used as precursors to silicon nitride containing ceramic materials. This chapter provides an overview of the general synthetic approaches to polysilazanes with particular emphasis on the synthesis of preceramic polysilazanes. 

Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, and to the Materials Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), for grants in support of this research. The National Science Foundation, through the Expedited Award for Novel Research at Stevens Institute, has enabled K.E.G. to develop the processing of such transition metal containing organometallic polymers. ... 

It is well known that the mechanical and physical properties of vinyl polymers are dependent upon their stereochemical configuration. It is critical, therefore, that the stereoregularity of poly(TBTM/MMA) be determined accurately and conveniently if the field performance of the material is to be predicted with any certainty. The effectiveness of organometallic polymers as an anti-... 

Dyckman, E. J. Montemarano, J. A. In Antifouling Organometallic Polymers Environmentally Compatible Materials, Report No. 4186, Naval Ship R D Center, Bethesda, MD, 1974. 

It is believed that novel film-forming materials for coatings will be based on organometallic polymers, the food prospects for organotin film-forming polymers being particularly emphasized 60). 

A scientific collection 841 of the large number of data on organometallic polymers containing various elements has been published. Tin-containing polymers, their use and their applications as coating materials are also discussed in this collection. 

H. Sakurai, K. Sakamoto, Y. Funada and M. Yoshidain, in Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers II, Advanced Materials and Intermediates, Chap. 2, ACS Symposium Series 572 (Eds. P. Wisian-Neilson, H. R. Allcock and K. J. Wynne), 1994. 

I. Tomita and M. Ueda, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 2005, 15, 511. 

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