John E. Sheats

Charles U. Pittman

Charles E. Carraher (Jr.)

Advances in Organometallic and Inorganic Polymer Science

Charles E. Carraher Jr.

Research on metal-containing polymers began in the early 1960's when several workers found that vinyl ferrocene and other vinylic transition metal u -com plexes would undergo polymerization under the same conditions as conventional organic monomers to form high polymers which incorporated a potentially reactive metal as an integral part of the polymer structures. Some of these materials could act as semi-conducters and pos sessed one or two dimensional conductivity. Thus appli cations in electronics could be visualized immediately. Other workers found that reactions used to make simple metal chelates could be used to prepare polymers if the ligands were designed properly. As interest in homo geneous catalysts developed in the late 60's and early 70's, several investigators began binding homogeneous catalysts onto polymers, where the advantage of homo geneous catalysis - known reaction mechanisms and the advantage of heterogeneous catalysis - simplicity and ease of recovery of catalysts could both be obtained. Indeed the polymer matrix itself often enhanced the selectivity of the catalyst.

Metal-Containing Polymeric Systems

Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz

Charles E. Carraher, Jr.

Charles U. Pittman, Jr.

Martel Zeldin

Metal and metalloid-containing compounds exhibit a wide range ofbiological and biocidal activities, some of which have beenemployed in medicines and drugs. Polymers containing metal ormetalloid functions become a natural extension of this effort; justas organic compound drugs have been chemically bound to polymers orphysically imbibed into polymer matrices in order to provide avariety of useful advantages, the same opportunities exist forusing metal and metalloid species. This volume will cover importantbiomedical applications of organometallic compounds, includingmetal-labeled DNA on surfaces, artificial metallo-DNA, organotinmolecules as anti-cancer drugs, and much more. * Provides useful descriptions of biomedical applications for thereader to apply in his/her research into materials, polymers, andmedicine/drug development. * Edited by high-quality team of macromolecular experts from aroundthe world

Biomedical Applications

Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 3

John E. Sheats

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