Why is ferrocene so exceptional?

D Astruc - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The appearance of ferrocene in the middle of the 20th century has revolutionized
organometallic chemistry and is now providing applications in areas as varied and …

Doping polycyclic aromatics with boron for superior performance in materials science and catalysis

E von Grotthuss, A John, T Kaese… - Asian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Boron has one valence electron less than a carbon atom and an available vacant pz orbital.
The incorporation of sp2‐hybridized boron atoms into the host lattice of a polycyclic aromatic …

Functional polymeric materials based on main‐group elements

F Vidal, F Jäkle - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in the synthesis of polymers that
contain elements from the main groups beyond those found in typical organic polymers …

Functional soft materials from metallopolymers and metallosupramolecular polymers

GR Whittell, MD Hager, US Schubert, I Manners - Nature materials, 2011 - nature.com
Synthetic polymers containing metal centres are emerging as an interesting and broad class
of easily processable materials with properties and functions that complement those of state …

Advances in the synthesis of organoborane polymers for optical, electronic, and sensory applications

F Jäkle - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed renewed interest and numerous unexpected discoveries in
the area of main group organometallic chemistry. Unusual bonding modes have been …

Metal-containing and related polymers for biomedical applications

Y Yan, J Zhang, L Ren, C Tang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A survey of the most recent progress in the biomedical applications of metal-containing
polymers is given. Due to the unique optical, electrochemical, and magnetic properties, at …

Ceramic nanocomposites from tailor-made preceramic polymers

G Mera, M Gallei, S Bernard, E Ionescu - Nanomaterials, 2015 - mdpi.com
The present Review addresses current developments related to polymer-derived ceramic
nanocomposites (PDC-NCs). Different classes of preceramic polymers are briefly introduced …

Lewis acidic organoboron polymers

F Jäkle - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The functionalization of polymeric materials with Lewis acidic boron sites has led to exciting
new opportunities in diverse areas, ranging from new polymeric catalysts to the preparation …

Tunable redox potential, optical properties, and enhanced stability of modified ferrocene-based complexes

A Paul, R Borrelli, H Bouyanfif, S Gottis, F Sauvage - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report a series of ferrocene-based derivatives and their corresponding oxidized forms in
which the introduction of simple electron donating groups like methyl or tert-butyl units on …

Luminescent triarylborane-functionalized polystyrene: synthesis, photophysical characterization, and anion-binding studies

K Parab, K Venkatasubbaiah… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A new class of highly fluorescent triarylborane polymers has been prepared from
trimethylsilyl-substituted polystyrene via a modular approach that involves selective polymer …