Poly(ferrocenylsilanes) with alternative ferrocenylene and organosilylene units in the skeleton are attractive materials as they possess high molecular weight
good solubility
chemical diversity and various potential applications.In this paper
the synthetic methods
including condensation polymerization
ring-opening polymerization (ROP) and postfunctionalization
and the physical properties of the polymers are reviewed
and their potential application and perspectives are discussed with 54 refs.