Design, Synthesis and Application of Coordination-Driven Metal-Organic Supramolecular Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Over recent decades, coordination-driven metal–organic supramolecular polymers have been researched extensively for the development of novel topological structures and functional materials. As the core driving force, the coordination bond combines metals and ligands to render well-organized aggregate architectures. This effectively harnesses the coordination configurations and physicochemical properties of metals and ligands, thereby endowing the resulting macromolecules or polymers with diverse appealing spatial structures (from one-dimensional to three-dimensional) and unique functions (optical, electrical, magnetic, catalysis, etc.). Therefore, there is enormous potential for the development of new structures and functions of self-assembled metal–organic supramolecular polymers due to the diversity of metals and ligands. Further research on their rational design (e.g., ligand structure, metal species, polymer architectures), assembly strategy, structural characterization, properties, and application developments are of great significance in promoting the advancement of metal–organic supramolecular polymers.

This Special Issue covers the design and synthesis of metal–organic supramolecular polymers (e.g., discrete macromolecules, 1D metallo-polymers, 2D nanosheets, 3D networks, coordination-driven supramolecular frameworks, metallo-gels, soft matter), their characterization methods (e.g., mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy), and their applications (e.g., optical, electrical, magnetic, catalysis). The above list is only indicative and by no means exhaustive; any original work or review article relevant to coordination-driven metal–organic supramolecular polymers is welcome.

Dr. Die Liu
Guest Editor

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• supramolecular self-assembly
• metal-organic polymers
• organic ligands design
• coordination-assembled strategy
• applications of metal-organic polymer