Polymer Bulletin, Vol.54, No.1-2, 29-37, 2005
Highly crosslinked polysilane-Schiff base
N,N'-Bis(4-hydroxysalicylidene)ethylendiamine (salen) was attached to a poly[iodopropyl(methyl)-co-diphenylsilane)chain. Due to intermolecular crosslinking reactions, a high molecular weight polymer formation was observed. The resulted material was doped with metal cations through complexation reactions. The chemical structure of the polysilane-Schiff base metal complex was investigated by spectral analysis (IR, H-1-NMR, C-13-NMR, UV), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC).