“…Among functional groups that can be introduced in polymer side-chains, the terpyridine ligand is of particular interest [ 61 ], mostly due to its high binding affinity for transition metal ions [ 62 , 63 ] and excellent luminescence resulting notably from the binding with lanthanide ions [ 64 , 65 ]. Hence, the syntheses of terpyridine side-chain functionalized acrylate [ 66 ], methacrylate [ 56 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ], acrylamide [ 58 , 71 , 72 ] and styrenic [ 55 , 73 , 74 , 75 ] copolymers have been reported during the past few years. In the presence of transition metal ions, the same copolymers have been further self-assembled into dry or swollen networks where macromolecular chains are held together by metal-ligand bridges [ 56 , 58 , 60 , 66 , 70 , 72 , 75 ].…”