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The contribution deals with the synthesis of the poly(methacrylate)-based copolymers, which contain ferrocene and/or terpyridine moieties in the side chains, and the subsequent analysis of their self-assembly behavior upon supramolecular/coordination interactions with Eu3+ and Pd2+ ions in dilute solutions. Both metal ions provoke intra and inter molecular complexation that results in the formation of large supra-macromolecular assembles of different conformation/shapes. By ap-plying complementary analytical approaches (i.e., sedimentation-diffusion analysis in the analytical ultracentrifuge, dynamic light scattering, viscosity and density measurements, morphology studies by electron microscopy), a map of possible conformational states/shapes was drawn and the corre-sponding fundamental hydrodynamic and macromolecular characteristics of metallo-supramolecular assemblies at various ligand-to-ion molar concentration ratios (M/L) in extremely dilute polymer solutions (c[η] ≈ 0.006) were determined. It was shown that intramolecular complexation is already detected at (L ≈ 0.1), while at M/L > 0.5 solution/suspension precipitates. Extreme aggrega-tion/agglomeration behavior of such dilute polymer solutions at relatively “high” metal ion content is explained from the perspective of polymer-solvent and charge interactions that will accompany the intramolecular complexation due to the coordination interactions.

Translated title of the contributionМеталло-супрамолекулярное комплексообразование полимеров на основе ферроцена и терпиридина в растворах - с точки зрения молекулярной гидродинамики
Original languageEnglish
Article number944
JournalPolymers
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Feb 2022

    Research areas

  • Analytical ultracentrifugation, Conformation, Metal-ligand interactions, Metallo-supramolecular complexes, Molecular hydrodynamics, Solution properties

    Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Polymers and Plastics

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