Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz is Professor of Chemistry and the Associate Vice-President of Research & Graduate Studies at the University of Winnipeg.Dr. Charles Carraher is Professor of Chemistry at Florida Atlantic University and Associate Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies.Dr. Charles Pittman has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. He com-pleted postdoctoral studies with G. A. Olah, and served on active duty at the U.S. Army University of Alabama. He was appointed Full Professor in 1975 and Uni-versity Research Professor in 1977. Dr. Pittman came to Mississippi State in 1983 as Professor of Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis. He is also Research Director of the University/Industry Chemical Research Center.Martin Zeldin is a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1968 from Penn-sylvania State University.John Sheats is the Chairperson of the Department of Chemistry and a Professor of Chemistry at Rider University.

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• Preface. Series Preface.1. Overview of Organoiron Polymers (Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz).I. Introduction.II. Ferrocene-Based Polymers.III. Polymers Containing Cyclopentadienyliron-Complexed Arenes.IV. Polymers Containing Iron Carbonyl Complexes.V. Iron Polyynes.VI. Polymers with Iron–Iron Bonds.VII. Outlook.VIII. References.2. Synthesis and Properties of Hyperbranched Polyferrocenylenesilynes (Qunhui Sun, Han Peng, Kaitian Xu, and Ben Zhong Tang).I. Introduction.II. Polymer Synthesis.III. Structural Characterization.IV. Electronic and Thermal Transitions.V. Pyrolytic Ceramization.VI. Ceramic Composition.VII. Magnetic Susceptibility.VIII. Summary and Perspectives.IX. Experimentation.A. Materials.B. Instrumentation.C. Polymerization.D. Ceramization.X. Acknowledgments.XI. References and Notes.3. Ring-Opened Polyferrocenes: Metal-Containing Polymers for Materials Science, Self-Assembly, and Nanostructure Applications (Paul Cyr, David Rider, and Ian Manners).I. Introduction.II. Properties of Polyferrocenylsilanes.III. Water-Soluble PFS Derivatives for Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly Applications.IV. Metal-Containing Block Copolymers: Formation of Self-Assembled, Supramolecular Materials and Nanoscopic Ceramic Patterns.V. Summary.VI. Acknowledgments.VII. References.4. Synthesis and Solution Self-Assembly of Polyferrocene-Based AB Diblock and ABC Triblock Copolymers (Xiao-Song Wang, Mitchell A. Winnik, and Ian Manners).I. Introduction.II. Results and Discussion.A. Synthesis and Aqueous Micellization of PFS-PDMAEMA,B. Synthesis and Micellization of PFP-PFS-PDMS,III. Summary and Outlook,IV. References,5. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Polyisoprene-block-Polyferrocenyldimethylsilane Diblock Copolymers: Fabrication of Ceramic Nanolines on Semiconducting Substrates (Lan Cao, Mitchell A. Winnik, and Ian Manners).I. Introduction.II. Experimental.III. Results and Discussion.A. Block Copolymer Synthesis.B. PI-b-PFDMS Micelles.C. Fabrication of Ceramic Nanolines.IV. Conclusions.V. Acknowledgments.VI. References.6. Water-Soluble Polyferrocenylsilanes for Supramolecular Assemblies by Layer-by-Layer Deposition (Mark A. Hempenius, Mária Péter, Neil S. Robins, E. Stefan Kooij, Rob G. H. Lammertink, and G. Julius Vancso).I. Introduction.II. Synthesis of Polyferrocenylsilane Polyions.III. Polymer Characterization.IV. Multilayer Characterization.V. Patterned Polyferrocenylsilane Multilayer Thin Films.VI. Summary.VII. Experimentation.VIII. Acknowledgment.IX. References.7. Metal-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Resist Applications (Rob G. H. Lammertink, Igor Korczagin, Mark A. Hempenius, and G. Julius Vancso).I. Introduction.II. Organic Resists.A. Chemical Amplification.III. Inorganic Resists.IV. Organic–Inorganic Composite Resists.V. Organometallic Polymers.A. Polyferrocenyldimethylsilane as Reactive Ion Etch Barrier.B. Printing of Organometallic Polymers by Soft Lithography.1. Directed Dewetting.VI. Organic–Organometallic Block Copolymers.A. Structure Formation via Block Copolymer Self-Assembly.1. Synthesis of Organometallic–Organic Block Copolymers.2. Periodic Nanodomain Structures.3. Thin Films of Block Copolymers.4. Self-Assembling Resists.VII. Conclusions and Outlook.VIII. Acknowledgment.IX. References.8. Proton-Coupled Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Ferrocene–Quinone Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers (Masaki Murata and Hiroshi Nishihara).I. Introduction.II. Ethynylene-Bridged Ferrocene-Anthraquinone (FcAq) Complexes.A. Transition Metal Complexes Containing Allenylidene and Cumulenylidene.B. 1–1-FcAq Complexes.C. 2–1-FcAq Complexes.D. A 1–2-FcAq Complex.E. Polymeric 1–1-FcAq Complexes.III. Vinylene-Bridged Ferrocene-Benzoquinone Complex.IV. Concluding Remarks.V. References.9. Organization of Ferrocenoyl Amino Acids (Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz).I. Introduction.II. Synthesis of Ferrocenoyl Peptides.III. Structure of Ferrocenoyl Peptides.A. General Parameters.B. Hydrogen Bonding and Ordering in the Solid State.IV. Monolayers of Ferrocene Peptide Conjugates.V. Summary.VI. Acknowledgments.VII. References.10. Polyaromatic Ethers and Thioethers Coordinated to Cyclopentadienyliron Cations (Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz and Erin K. Todd).I. Introduction.II. Linear Polyaromatic Ethers, Thioethers, and Amines.A. Polyethers.B. Polythioethers.C. Copolymers with Ether–Thioether and Amine–Thioether Spacers.III. Star-Shaped Polyaromatic Ethers.IV. Polymers Containing Neutral and Cationic Cyclopentadienyliron Moieties in Their Structures.V. Polymers Containing Azobenzene Chromophores in Their Sidechains.VI. Conclusions.VII. References.11. Polymerization of Olefinic Monomers Functionalized with Cationic Cyclopentadienyliron Arene Complexes (Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Erin K. Todd, and Rawda M. Okasha).I. Introduction.II. Methacrylates.A. Radical Polymerization of the Methacrylate Groups.B. Substitution Polymerization of Chloroarene Complexes.C. Crosslinking.III. Styrenes.A. Radical Polymerization of the Styrene Groups.B. Substitution Polymerization of Chloroarene Complexes.C. Crosslinking.IV. Norbornenes.A. Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of the Norbornene Groups.B. Substitution Polymerization of Chloroarene Complexes.C. Crosslinking.V. Conclusions.VI. References.Index.