Poly interchain transfer energy

It should be noted extra-coordination processes are also important in controlling the properties of metallopolymers. Thus mechanical parameters and performance of many metal-containing polymers are determined by the ability of the metals to form ionic or coordination crosslinks (i.e., additional interchain interaction), and to exhibit cohesion and adhesion properties. Formally, unit variability in these cases is determined by the presence of metals in the chain with different coordination numbers. The incorporation of cluster-containing Os3-monomers into a polystyrene or poly(acrylonitrile) chain results in a mutual thermal stabilization of both the polymers and the clusters incorporated into the chains. These effects are observed only in cases where the cluster monomers are chemically bound to the polymeric chain. The influence of the chain may be manifested as the transfer of energy from the rotation-vibration degrees of freedom of the cluster to the translational degrees of freedom of the polymer chain segments at elevated temperatures. 

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