Two new one-dimensional (1-D) Pb(II) coordination polymers, namely, [Pb(3-pdip)(L)]·H2O (1) and [Pb(3-pdip)(L2)] (2) [LH2 = 1,6-hexanedioic acid, LH2 = homophthalic acid, 3-pdip = 2-(3-pyridyl)imidazo[4,5-f]1,10-phenanthroline] have been obtained from hydrothermal reactions of Pb(II) nitrate with the phenanthroline derivative and the two dicarboxylic acids. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction anal...

Recent developments in polymerizations within the nanochannels of porous coordination polymers (PCPs) are covered in this tutorial review. The characteristic features of PCPs are regular structures, controllable channel sizes and shapes, a designable surface functionality, and flexible frameworks, which can be utilized for precision polymer synthesis and specific polymer confinement. This revie...

Recently, simple carbon based polymers have been synthesized at high pressures in silicalite, a pure SiO2 zeolite with a 3D system of mutually interconnected microchannels. These protocols permitted otherwise unstable polymers to be stabilized and protected from the atmosphere and to obtain an entirely novel class of nanocomposites with modified physical properties. In these 3-D systems, channe...

The combination of the same organic tecton 1, a meta-pyridyl appended tetramercaptotetrathiacalix[4]arene in 1,3-alternate conformation offering four pyridyl units and eight thioether groups, with three silver salts AgX (X = BF4(-), NO3(-) and SbF6(-)) leads, under identical conditions (concentration, temperature and solvent system), to the formation of different silver coordination networks. B...

A fluorescent supramolecular polymer was efficiently constructed by pillar[5]arene-based host-guest molecular recognition and zinc ion coordination.

Magnetic water-soluble cyano-bridged metallic coordination polymer nanoparticles of controlled size were prepared by using water-soluble chitosan beads.