Julie E. Mertzman and Sarah L Stoll. Georgetown University, Washington, DC
The synthesis of hybrid inorganic-organic materials has been of great interest. We use the unusual magnetic molecule Mn12O12(O2CCH3)16(H2O)4 or Mn-12, in a variety of these materials. Cluster crosslinked polymers are prepared by radical polymerization of olefin substituted Mn12 with styrene as a co-monomer. The incorporation of magnetic clusters into organic polymers to form inorganic-organic hybrid polymers has been of interest for biological application.
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