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Nanopatterning of Functional Metallopolymers via Top-Down Approach

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Polymer-Engineered Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Applications

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Putting metal into macromolecules has drawn immense attention in materials science due to the tunable features and large spectrum of potential applications of these metallopolymers. However, a precise control in metallopolymer nanostructure is always required for tailoring the final application. A variety of nanopatterning methods has been reported in recent years and can be simply classified into either bottom-up or top-down approaches. This chapter will be focused on the general strategy for the fabrication of well-defined nanostructures of metal-containing polymers by using top-down techniques with selected examples.

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C.-L. Ho thanks Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKBU 12317216), the Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG1/15-16/043 and FRG2/15-16/074) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21504074) for the financial support. W.-Y. Wong acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373145), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKBU 12302114), Areas of Excellence Scheme, University Grants Committee of HKSAR (AoE/P-03/08) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1-ZE1C).

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    Sze-Chun Yiu, Cheuk-Lam Ho & Wai-Yeung Wong

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Yiu, SC., Ho, CL., Wong, WY. (2017). Nanopatterning of Functional Metallopolymers via Top-Down Approach. In: Lin, Z., Yang, Y., Zhang, A. (eds) Polymer-Engineered Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Applications. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57003-7_3

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