In this report we have disclosed the syntheses and properties of two new conjugated organic moieties bearing the same coordination sites but possessing different backbone rigidities and rotational flexibilities. Two new metallopolymers have been synthesized from the corresponding ligands under identical reaction conditions, and they have been thoroughly characterized through different techniques to understand the effect of backbone rigidity on the evolution of different properties in these metallopolymers. A FESEM micrograph of the rigid metallopolymer confirms the formation of a rigid nanorod type structure, while long agglomerated nanofiber strands are visible on the substrate in the case of the flexible analogue. All of the newly synthesized materials are fluorescence active. An Fe(II) metallopolymer of the flexible ligand showed huge changes in emission properties in the presence of different acids and showed a possibility of it being used as a thin film acid vapor sensor. All of the materials showed reversible electrochemical activity, and both of these polymers have shown electroluminescence when an appropriate potential is applied.

Two novel Cr(II) based metallosupramolecular polymers have been synthesized with two ditopic rigid and flexible ligands in identical reaction conditions. The confirmation of the structure of both the polymers and...

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Design and syntheses of two electroluminescent metallopolymers from a novel, multidentate, redox active, and di-anionic organic building block.

In this study, Al(III)-metallopolymer is synthesized with our previously reported ligand to understand the difference in the interaction of the reported ligand with transition metal ions (Fe(II) and Cr(II) ions) and smaller cationic radius main group metal ion. Al(III)-metallopolymer is thoroughly characterized by different analytical techniques to understand the structure-property relationship. Surface morphological analyses reveal the formation of long nano-fiber strands on the respective substrates. This polymer has shown reversible redox behavior, which is ligand centric as no d-orbitals are available on the central metal ion for the electron push-pull mechanism. Al(III)metallopolymer is fluorescent active, and it is shown a reversible change in absorption spectrum on the application of the appropriate potential. This ligand-based redox-switching also generates a bistable state when a metalinsulator(thin film of polymer)-metal sandwich device is probed in between ±1 V, and it is stable in the ambient condition to sustain several flip-flop cycles without any degradation for 10 3 s as observed from the experimental data. This work enlightens a new metallopolymer with a low value of SET-RESET voltage and a long retention time for the future memristive device, which can operate at very low voltage compared to conventional Si-based memory chips.