MOF-templated self-polymerization of p-phenylenediamine to a polymer with a hollow box-assembled spherical structure

This paper presents the first transformation of MOFs to polymers without any additives by using a one-step MOF-templated self-polymerization approach. We investigate the conversion process and demonstrate that the MOF-templated self-polymerization is a new and effective approach for the in situ conversion of organic ligands to polymers and even carbon nanomaterials with maintained MOF configurations.