“…Such materials have become a growing area of interest due to their promise in magnetic resonance imaging, − biomedical applications, − separations, − and catalysis. − The most common ways to incorporate magnetic properties into polymers have been to blend conventional polymers with strongly magnetic additives (e.g., ferromagnetic inorganic metal oxide or metal nanoparticles, ,,− ,,, magnetic metal-containing ionic liquids (MCILs) ,, ), or to graft or coat polymers onto inorganic magnetic nanopoarticles. − ,− , These materials are appealing due to their ease of preparation and strong magnetic response, but the polymers themselves lack intrinsic magnetic properties. These composites also often have limitations in terms of dispersity control, structural uniformity, and phase-separation. , The design and synthesis of intrinsically magnetic polymers (IMPs, i.e., polymers with magnetic species as part of their structure) offer advantages for structure and composition control.…”