Coordination Chemistry Reviews 320-321 (2016) 139–152 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Coordination Chemistry Reviews journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ccr Review Coordination nanoarchitectonics at interfaces between supramolecular and materials chemistry Katsuhiko Ariga a,∗ , Victor Malgras a,∗∗ , Qingmin Ji a,b , Mohamed B. Zakaria a,c , Yusuke Yamauchi a,c,∗∗ a WPI-MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan b Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China c Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 140 2. Essentials .............................................................................................................................................. 140 2.1. Nanoarchitectonics ............................................................................................................................ 141 2.2. Interfacial supramolecular chemistry ......................................................................................................... 141 3. Coordination nanoarchitectonics 1: assembly in 2D .................................................................................................. 142 3.1. Coordination complexes at the air–water interface ........................................................................................... 142 3.2. Coordination and patterning on surface ....................................................................................................... 144 3.3. Two-dimensional coordination polymer ...................................................................................................... 145 4. Coordination nanoarchitectonics 2: conversion into materials in 3D ................................................................................ 146 4.1. Morphology control of coordination polymer ................................................................................................. 146 4.2. Thermal conversion to nanoporous inorganic materials ...................................................................................... 148 5. Future perspectives .................................................................................................................................... 150 Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................... 150 References ............................................................................................................................................. 150 article info Article history: Received 30 September 2015 Received in revised form 14 January 2016 Accepted 15 January 2016 Available online 14 March 2016 Keywords: Nanoarchitectonics Interface Coordination polymer Metal-organic framework Porous materials Supramolecular chemistry abstract In this review, we briefly introduce recent progresses related to material construction with coordina- tion as a structure-directing driving force based on two concepts: nanoarchitectonics and interfacial processes as well as their conversion into functional nanoporous materials. Nanoarchitectonics aims to architect functional materials and advanced systems from nanometer-scale units and building blocks on the basis of the harmonization of various actions and events. Although coordination has several advan- tages due to highly directional interactions, exchangeable components, and a multivalent nature, the utilization of coordination chemistry in nanoarchitectonics has not been yet well recognized in cur- rent science and technology. Another interesting feature is the interfacial effect added to coordination nanoarchitectonics because interfacial low-dimensional structures often become suitable media to bridge nanoscale phenomena and macroscopic three-dimensional (3D) structures. Indeed, coordination materi- als with anisotropic and directional properties can be well-created through interfacial processes. Herein, we summarize recent activities in the field of coordination-chemistry-driven materials science, mainly including coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks, to make readers aware of the deep relation between coordination chemistry and nanoarchitectonics. In addition, we also report in the last section recent examples on the conversion of these coordination structures into novel nanostructured materials in order to connect coordination nanoarchitectonics with useful applications. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ∗ Corresponding author at: WPI-MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. Tel.: +81 29 860 4597; fax: +81 29 852 4832. ∗∗ Corresponding authors at: WPI-MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. E-mail addresses: ARIGA.Katsuhiko@nims.go.jp (K. Ariga), MALGRAS.Victor@nims.go.jp (V. Malgras), YAMAUCHI.Yusuke@nims.go.jp (Y. Yamauchi). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.01.015 0010-8545/© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.