Synthesis, Application and Characterization of Coordination Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to exploring the synthesis, application, and characterization of coordination polymers. Coordination polymers, crystalline hybrid materials containing both inorganic and organic components and featuring extended structures with coordination bonds, have emerged as a subject of significant interest in condensed matter. Leveraging the advantageous properties of both inorganic and organic building blocks due to their hybrid nature, these materials often exhibit novel and intriguing properties or functionalities, including but not limited to electronics, magnetism, host–guest chemistry, ion exchange, catalysis, nanotechnology, fluorescence, and nonlinear optics.

Therefore, there is a pressing need to investigate strategies for designing innovative coordination polymers with intricate network topologies and comprehending their structure-property relationships for various applications. The primary objective of this Special Issue is to present original research and reviews that focus on the synthesis, characterization, structural topologies, physical and chemical properties, and applications of this new class of coordination polymers.

Dr. Chen-I Yang
Guest Editor

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• synthesis and characterization of coordination polymers
• structural topologies of coordination polymers
• magnetism
• host–guest chemistry
• ion exchange
• fluorescence
• catalysis
• structure–property relationships of coordination polymers