Inorganic and organometallic polymers

"This textbook is intended to give an understanding of the basic principles that constitute the field of non-conventional polymers containing inorganic and organometallic units as the repeating units. Each chapter will be self-explanatory with a good background so that it can be easily understood at the senior graduate level. The principles involved in the preparation of these polymers, their characterization and their applications will be discusses. Basic inorganic chemistry required for the understanding of each topic is presented so that the content of the chapter is readily understood. All the major inorganic and organometallic polymers such as polyphosphazenes, polysilanes, polysiloxanes, poly-thiazyl, poly-ferrocenes and other polymers containing main group elements will be dealt with."--Jacket.