AN OVERVIEW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MACROMOLECULE-METAL COMPLEXES AND BRIEF SKETCH ON THEIR RECENT TRENDS

In early 1970s, there was growing tendency that the macromolecule-meta l complexes should have been understood as a molecular science among m any international scientists. Y. Y. Jiang, Academia Scinica, firstly p roposed an international symposium on this field and the first congres s (MMC-1) was held in 1985. From the 4th one, this series has been und er the auspices of IUPAC and we have reached MMC-7. The current intere sts in this field are, for example, photoinduced electron transfer, ou ter-sphere process, chemical reactions in subnano-geometrical space, m ulti-electron transfer reaction. They are all linked to the high perfo rmances of advanced materials. The role of macromolecules in macromole cule-metal complexes are summarized and recent topics of this area are described.