Homopolymer（PBIP） containing 2,6-bis（1＇-methylbenzimidazolyl）pyridine（Me BIP） ligands in the side chain was synthesized by RAFT polymerization and its kinetics was studied. Polymeric complex PBIP-Nd^3＋ was prepared by chelating PBIP with lanthanide ion Nd^3＋. The homopolymers and PBIP-Nd^3＋ complex were investigated by NMR, FTIR, GPC and TGA. The optical property of PBIP-Nd^3＋ complex was characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The magnetic property of PBIP-Nd^3＋ complex was measured as a function of temperature（5 K to 300 K） and as a function of field（-3.98×10^6 A/m to 3.98×10^6 A/m）. These results indicated that PBIP-Nd^3＋ complex is paramagnetic.
L-lactide（LLA） homopolymerization and copolymerization with ε-caprolactone（CL） in toluene initiated by tetrahydrosalen-supported yttrium borohydride complex were systematically investigated. A possible mechanism of LLA homopolymerization was proposed according to the 1H-NMR result. In addition, PCL-b-PLLA copolymers were synthesized by sequential addition of monomers and their structure was characterized by GPC, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR.
