Seeded-growth self-assembled polymerization of a ferrocene-bearing palladium(<scp>ii</scp>)-terpyridyl bimetallic complex

A new bimetallic complex containing a 4&#39;-ferrocenyl-(2,2&#39;:6&#39;,2&#39;&#39;-terpyridine)palladium core with polyethylene glycol-based pyridine is applied in seeded-growth self-assembled supramolecular polymerization, which affords nanoribbons with controllable lengths and the process follows a first-order reaction kinetics. This approach is successfully demonstrated for a bimetallic organic complex for the first time.