A Commemorative Issue in Honor of Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart: Functional Coordination Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 56
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional coordination polymer; supramolecular chemistry; crystallography; chiral coordination polymer; fluorescent sensor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coordination polymers are a special type of polymer joined by metal. They represent an interdisciplinary research field with rich research results. The designability of coordination polymers and their exquisite structures with multifunctional properties position them as potential functional materials for a wide range of applications. Coordination polymers have thus aroused considerable interest in various fields such as chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, energy science, biology, medicine, catalysis, environmental science, and so forth.
This Special Issue is in memory of Sir Fraser Stoddart to honor his contribution to supramolecular coordination polymers. The Specail Issue focuses on the design, synthesis, structure and properties of functional coordination polymers and supramolecular coordination polymers, including, but not limit to, absorption, separation, sensors, chirality, catalysis, photoluminescence, nonlinear optical properties, magnetic properties, hydrogen storage, energy storage, drug delivery, self-healing materials, supramolecular polymers, hydrogen gels, water gels, bio-mimic materials, and computational studies on the relationship between structure and properties.
Prof. Dr. Hui Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional coordination polymer
- metal–organic framework
- H-bonded metal–organic framework
- bionic metal–organic framework
- chiral coordination polymer
- macrocyclic coordination polymer
- dynamic covalent bonding
- self-healing material
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