Assembly of Fe(II), 3-cyanopyridine and [Au(CN)2](-) affords, in one-pot reaction, three coordination polymers that represent a genuine example of supramolecular isomerism with strong influence in the spin crossover regime of the Fe(II) ions.

Fluorescent nanoscale coordination polymers with cubic morphology and long range ordered structure were fabricated and exhibited efficient sensing for both nitroaromatic explosive and nitromethane due to large surface area to volume ratio and strong binding affinity to explosive molecules.

The first radical polymerisation of styrene in porous coordination polymers has been carried out, providing stable propagating radicals (living radicals), and a specific space effect of the host frameworks on the monomer reactivity is demonstrated.

Pillared-layer type 3D porous coordination polymers with 2-sulfonylterephthalate, 4,4'-bipyridine and Zn(2+) have metal-free sulfonate groups on the pore walls, providing Lewis basic property for acid guest sorption.

A new binaphthylbisbipyridine-based ligand underwent diastereoselective self-assembly with silver(I) ions to form nanotubular homochiral helical coordination polymers, which further hierarchically self-assemble into nanofibers, capable of immobilizing organic solvents.

Two highly porous coordination polymers, containing rare octanuclear hydroxo-nickel clusters and long bis-pyrazolyl spacers, are shown to possess, after mild thermal treatment, lattice cavities up to 72% of the total crystal volume.

This work first demonstrates that the robust [Cu(2)(OOCR)(4)] unit can be destroyed and reconstructed in the solid state, as observed in water-induced structural interconversion of two distinct coordination polymers with 5-bromonicotinate.

Inclusion of thiourea guest molecules in the tridimensional spin crossover porous coordination polymers {[Fe(pyrazine)[M(CN)(4)]} (M = Pd, Pt) leads to novel clathrates exhibiting unprecedented large thermal hysteresis loops of ca. 60 K wide centered near room temperature.

Two Fe(II) coordination polymers formed from isomeric ligands give a diamond-like 3D network exhibiting a gradual SCO and a 2D hard magnet with a large coercive field.

Domino cyclization of ketoenols and hydrazine leads to a series of polycondensed pyridazines, which reveal potential as rigid N-donor multidentate ligands for supramolecular synthesis of open coordination polymers.