Metallo-Polyelectrolytes as a Class of Ionic Macromolecules for Functional Materials

Author(s)

Tianyu Zhu
Ye Sha
Jing Yan, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710129, China.
Parasmani Pageni
Md Anisur Rahman
Yi Yan, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710129, China. yanyi@nwpu.edu.cn.
Chuanbing Tang, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

ORCID iD

Tang: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-8244

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Biocompatible Materials (chemistry); Electrons; Ions; Macromolecular Substances (chemistry); Metals (chemistry); Oxidation-Reduction; Polyelectrolytes (chemistry)

Abstract

The fields of soft polymers and macromolecular sciences have enjoyed a unique combination of metals and organic frameworks in the name of metallopolymers or organometallic polymers. When metallopolymers carry charged groups, they form a class of metal-containing polyelectrolytes or metallo-polyelectrolytes. This review identifies the unique properties and functions of metallo-polyelectrolytes compared with conventional organo-polyelectrolytes, in the hope of shedding light on the formation of functional materials with intriguing applications and potential benefits. It concludes with a critical perspective on the challenges and hurdles for metallo-polyelectrolytes, especially experimental quantitative analysis and theoretical modeling of ionic binding.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06475-9

Publication Info

Published in Nature Communications, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2018, pages 4329-.

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APA Citation

Zhu, T., Sha, Y., Yan, J., Pageni, P., Rahman, M., Yan, Y., & Tang, C. (2018). Metallo-polyelectrolytes as a class of ionic macromolecules for functional materials. Nature Communications, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06475-9