Rational design and synthesis of a new low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) having 9,10-diphenylanthracene core and terminal terpyridine is reported. Tb(III) and Eu(III) ion coordination to a LMWG results in green and pink emissive coordination polymer gels, respectively, with coiled nanofiber morphology. Further, control over stoichiometry of LMWG:Tb(III):Eu(III) leads to yellow and white light...

A luminescent two-dimensional (2D) coordination polymer is demonstrated to be a selective sensing material for the straightforward detection of nitrobenzene via a redox fluorescence quenching mechanism.

A relatively inflexible 1D coordination polymer is induced to adopt either planar or quintuple helical supramolecular isomers according to the hydrogen bonding demands of the counter anions.

A multifunctional Cu(I) coordination polymer constructed from helical chains showed unusual mechanochromic, sensing of nitrobenzene and photocatalytic properties on degradation of organic dyes.

The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(10)H(14)N(4))](n), is a coordination polymer consisting of zigzag chains propagating in [001], in which the metal cation exhibits a distorted tetrahedral ZnCl(2)N(2) coordination. Adjacent chains are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.

Herein, we present an exceptional structural transformation from a porous supramolecular network to a porous coordination polymer. The transformation involves a change of interpenetrating dimensionality from 6-fold to 5-fold. Simultaneously, the spin state of nickel(ii) is altered from S = 0 to S = 1, which is concomitant with the formation of the Ni-O(carboxylate) coordination bonds.

A robust, porous, catenated coordination polymer based on a neutral, flexible imidazole-derived tripodal ligand (a 'tripodal imidazole framework', TIF) reversibly absorbs vapours and gases, particularly CO2.

A discrete dinuclear Ag(I) complex undergoes a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation to generate a 1D coordination polymer with a polycyclobutane backbone.