Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain

Zihao Zhao; Fuyao Huang; Yifeng Zhang; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1007/s10118-026-3779-2

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Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain

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- Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain
- Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2026年44卷第10期页码：3279-3286
- Affiliations：
  
  State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Institute of Fiber Materials and Devices, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Author bio：
  
  penghs@fudan.edu.cn
- Funds：
  
  This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (Nos. 2022YFA1203001 and 2022YFA1203002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. T2321003, T2596011, T2596012, and 22335003), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2025M780910). The authors would like to thank Prof. Kaiwen Zeng for his assistance with data analysis and discussion.;Huisheng Peng is an editorial board member for Chinese Journal of Polymer Science and was not involved in the editorial review or the decision to publish this article. The authors declare no interest conflict.Electronic supplementary information (ESI) is available free of charge in the online version of this article at http://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-026-3779-2.The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-026-3779-2
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- 收稿：2026-05-22，
  
  录用：2026-06-10，
  
  网络首发：2026-08-03，
  
  纸质出版：2026-10-05
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Zhao, Z.; Huang, F.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H. Chemically bonding metal atoms into a polymer chain. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3279–3286

Zihao Zhao, Fuyao Huang, Yifeng Zhang, et al. Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(10): 3279-3286.
Zhao, Z.; Huang, F.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H. Chemically bonding metal atoms into a polymer chain. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3279–3286 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3779-2.

Zihao Zhao, Fuyao Huang, Yifeng Zhang, et al. Chemically Bonding Metal Atoms into a Polymer Chain[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(10): 3279-3286. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3779-2.

摘要

Metal-backboned polymers with a polymerization degree of up to 169 were achieved by optimizing one-pot synthesis. They exhibit typical polymer behavior

pronounced electron delocalization along the backbone

and efficient room-temperature phosphorescence.

Abstract

Metal-backboned polymers have been proposed as a new class of materials with remarkable physical and chemical properties for applications in optoelectronics

magnetism

and energy. However

the number of metal atoms in their backbones is limited to less than 30 to date. This has prevented the systematic investigation of their properties. Herein

we report the synthesis of metal-backboned polymers with a polymerization degree of 169. Using gold as a model system

we identified that the controlled release of Ag

an electron-donating imidazole co-ligand

ligand steric/electronic effects

and elevated reaction temperature are key to achieving such long chains. The resulting metal-backboned polymers display hallmark polymer behaviors such as glass transition

together with a unique electronic structure featuring pronounced electron delocalization along the Au backbone and efficient room-temperature phosphorescence. This work provides an effective route to long-chain metal-backboned polymers and deepens the understanding of the electronic structures in one-dimensional metal backbones.

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