This series provides a useful, applications-oriented forum for the next generation of macromolecules and materials. The fifth volume in this series provides useful descriptions of the transition metals and their applications. Transition Metals are covered in 2 volumes, the second part is covered in Volume 6.

Preface.Series Preface.1. Introduction to Metal-Coordination Polymers. (Charles E.Carraher Jr., Charles U. Pittman Jr., and Alaa S. Abd-El-Axix).2. Synthetic Strategies for Inert Metal-Skeletal Polymers.(Ronald D. Archer).3. Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers: Synthesis, MaterialProperties, and Potential Future Applications. (Stefan Schmatloch,Harald Hofmeier, and UlrichS. Schubert).4. Coordination/Organometallic Oligomers and Polymers ofPalladium and Platinum: Focus on Metal-Containing Backbone. (PierreD. Harvey).5. Metal-Containing Polymers for Optoelectronic Applications.(Wai Kin Chan).6. Novel Polyphenylazomethine Dendrimer Complexes forFine-Controlled Metallorganic Hybrid Materials. (Kimihisa Yamamotoand Masayoshi Higuchi).7. Structural Diversity, Physical Properties, and Applicationsof Cyanometalate Coordination Polymers. (Julie Lefebvre and DanielB. Leznoff).8. Metal Conjugates with Redox-Active Conjugated Polymers orMolecules. (Toshikazu Hirao)9. Catalytic Activity of Macromolecules Obtained fromMetal-Containing Monomers. (Piero Mastrorilli and Cosimo FrancescoNobile).10. Organometalloligands as Components in SupramolecularCoordination Networks. (Moonhyun Oh, Jeffrey A. Reingold, andDwight A. Sweigart).11. Metal Complexes of Conjugated Polymers and Related Polymers.(Takakazu Yamanoto and Hiroki Fukumoto).12. Polyamides Containing Metals. (Issifu I. Harruna and OdessaN. Petzold).13. Ruthenium-Containing Polymers for Solar Energy Conversion.(Charles E. Carraher Jr. and Amanda Taylor Murphy).14. Uranium-Containing Polymers. (Charles E. Carraher Jr.).