title: Polymerization reactions in porous coordination polymers.
abstract: 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 review discusses promising approaches to multiple controls of polymer structures, analysis systems for low-dimensional polymer assemblies and the construction of PCP-polymer nanohybrids, which are strong enticements to researchers in the areas of inorganic, materials and polymer chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers