CHY 449 Inorganic Chemistry II, CHY 152 Organic Chemistry.

My research interests lie in the preparation of novel inorganic and organometallic polymers. Polymers consisting of a backbone of metal atoms and or inorganic elements often possess properties, such as conductivity, luminescence, and magnetic properties that are absent in carbon based polymers. My research efforts are currently focussed in two areas. The first involves the preparation of air, light and moisture stable polystannanes, polymers with a backbone consisting of Sn for use as conductive, soluble and processable polymers in the preparation of rapid prototyped conductive wires for electronic circuitry by inkjet printing methods. The second involves the preparation of new inorganic polymeric materials, polybismuthazenes. These polymers, with a repeating backbone of Bismuth and nitrogen are unknown and offer promising applications for use as ceramics and high-temperature elastomers.

Figure 1: Polymerization and depolymerization routes of Polystannanes

Member of the American Chemical Society

Member of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry

Ring-Opening Polymerization of Strained, Ring-Tilted Ferrocenophanes: A Route to High Molecular Weight Poly (ferrocenylsilanes) Foucher, D., Tang, B.Z., Manners, I., J. Am Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 6246-6248. 350 Citations

Tunable Cooperative Interactions in Organometallic Polymers with Main Chain Ferrocenyl Groups Foucher, D.A.; Nelson, J.M.; Honeyman, C.; Tang, B.Z.; Manners, I.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1993, 32, 1709-1711. 124 Citations

Synthesis, Characterization, Thermal Transition Behavior, and the Electronic Structure of High Molecular Weight, Symmetrically Substituted Poly (ferrocenylsilanes) with Alkyl or Aryl Side Groups. Foucher, D.A.; Ziembinski, R.; Tang, B.-Z.; Macdonald, P.M.; Massey, J.; Jaeger, C.R.; Vancso, G.J.; Manners, I. Full Paper, Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 2878-2884. 112 Citations 4) The Polymerization Behavior of [1]Ferrocenophanes and [2]Ferrocenophanes containing Silicon Atoms in the Bridge- Comparison of the Molecular-Structure of the Strained, Polymerizable Cyclic Ferrocenylsilane Fe(-C5H4) 2 (SiMe2) with that of the Cyclic Ferrocenylsilane Fe(?-C5H4)2(SiMe2) 2 Finckh, W., Tang, BZ, Foucher, D.A., Zamble, D. B., Zieminski, R. Lough, A., and Manners, I. Organometallics., 1993, 12, 823-829. 106 Citations

The Polymerization Behavior of [1]Ferrocenophanes and [2]Ferrocenophanes containing Silicon Atoms in the Bridge- Comparison of the Molecular-Structure of the Strained, Polymerizable Cyclic Ferrocenylsilane Fe(n-C5H4) 2 (SiMe2) with that of the Cyclic Ferrocenylsilane Fe(n-C5H4)2(SiMe2) 2 Finckh, W., Tang, BZ, Foucher, D.A., Zamble, D. B., Zieminski, R. Lough, A., and Manners, I. Organometallics., 1993, 12, 823-829. 106 Citations

Ring-Opening Polymerization as a Route to New Organometallic Polymers: Synthesis of the First Poly (ferrocenylgermane) Foucher, D.A. and Manners, I. Makromol. Chem. Rapid Commun., 1993, 14, 63-66. 50 Citations

Copper-Mediated Polycondensations of Substituted Diiodoferrocenes andBis(stannyl)ferrocenes: Synthesis and Properties of Soluble Polyferrocenylenes Containing Trimethylsilyl or Methyl Groups Park, P., Lough, A, and Foucher, D.A Makromol. Chem. Macromolecules, 2002, 35(10), 3810-3818. 3 Citations