Data on the synthesis and physicochemical studies of salts of mono- or
dibasic unsaturated carboxylic acids and macromolecular metal
carboxylates are generalised and described systematically in this
monograph. The structures and properties of the COO group in various
compounds and characteristic features of the structures of carboxylate
are analysed. The main routes and kinetics of polymerisation
transformations of unsaturated metal carboxylates are considered. The
attention is focused on the effect of the metal ion on the monomer
reactivity and the polymer morphology and structure. The possibility of
stereochemical control of radical polymerisation of unsaturated metal
carboxylates is demonstrated. The electronic, magnetic, optical,
absorption and thermal properties of metal (co)polymers and
nanocomposites and their main applications are also considered.