Photocontrolled living Polymerizations: A New Route to Metallopolymers with Controlled Architectures
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
The fundamental research proposal outlines a programme aimed at understanding the mechanism and elucidating the synthetic scope of a photocontrolled living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) method for strained metal-containing rings. We anticipate that the proposed programme will lay the groundwork for the future exploitation of an extensive range of previously inaccessible metal-containing block copolymers. This will make a major contribution to the area of metal- containing block copolymers, a relatively unexplored but highly promising field, and subsequently to the areas of materials science and nanoscience. Once the synthetic scope of this novel polymerization process is understoset for applications to be targeted. This future aspect will be the subject of other research proposals.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Ian Manners (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Chabanne L
(2011)
Organic-metalloblock copolymers via photocontrolled living anionic ring-opening polymerization
in Polymer Chemistry
Herbert DE
(2009)
Photocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of strained dicarba[2]ferrocenophanes: a route to well-defined polyferrocenylethylene homopolymers and block copolymers.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Herbert DE
(2009)
Redox-active metallomacrocycles and cyclic metallopolymers: photocontrolled ring-opening oligomerization and polymerization of silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophanes using substitutionally-labile Lewis bases as initiators.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Mayer UF
(2009)
Ring-opening polymerization of 19-electron [2]cobaltocenophanes: a route to high-molecular-weight, water-soluble polycobaltocenium polyelectrolytes.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Musgrave R
(2015)
Tuning the Polymerization Behavior of Silicon-Bridged [1]Ferrocenophanes Using Bulky Substituents
in Organometallics
Russell A
(2015)
Recent developments with strained metallocenophanes
in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
| Description | We have developed a new polymerization process that allows access to new functional polymers. |
| Exploitation Route | Others have used the new photocontrolled polymerization method developed in our group to prepare new functional polymers. It has also inspired other work on light-controlled polymerizations. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | The research has contributed to the global fundamental research database and has had considerable impact in this regard. Others are using the method, and other work on photocontrolled polymerizations has been inspired. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Other |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |