By Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Pierre D. Harvey, Charles U. Pittman, Martel Zeldin

Steel- and metalloid-containing macromolecules are outlined as huge molecules (i.e., polymers, DNA, proteins) that include a steel or metalloid workforce affiliated with the molecule. This quantity describes what's attainable with metal-containing polymers the place the steel is a necessary aspect in acquiring wanted optical and digital homes. protecting purposes in nonlinear optical fabrics, sunlight cells, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, field-effect transistors, chemosensing units, and biosensing units, this indispensible advisor specializes in the photochemistry and photophysics of metal-containing polymers, with chapters by way of prime individuals to the center advances during this box.

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