自组装是指构筑基元（如有机小分子、大分子、生物分子和纳米颗粒等）自发形成有序结构的现象和过程，是创造新物质和产生新功能的重要手段。配位驱动自组装（Coordination-driven self-assembly）和逐级自组装（Hierarchical self-assembly）为配位超分子的基础与应用研究提供了无限可能性，因为它兼具超分子自组装构筑结构的可设计性和可控性，以及金属配合物丰富的光、电、磁等性质。基于配位驱动自组装和逐级自组装，我们的研究方向如下：
（1）通过稳定配位超分子配位驱动自组装和逐级自组装，精准构筑二维多孔聚合物及应用。
（2）基于配位键和动态共价键化学，以稳定配位超分子为新型金属有机配体，精准构筑三维超分子笼和超分子簇及应用。
（3）逐级自组装精准构筑超分子多级结构及应用。
Self-assembly is an important avenue to create new substances and new functions via the process in which building blocks (such as small organic molecules, macromolecules, biomolecules, and nanoparticles) spontaneously form ordered structures. Coordination-driven self-assembly and hierarchical self-assembly provide infinite possibilities for the construction and applications of coordination supramolecules, since the structure of supramolecules can be rationally designed and controlled and the metal-organic complexes possess rich optical, electrical and magnetic properties. Based on coordination-driven self-assembly and hierarchical self-assembly, our research mainly focuses:
(1) Precise construction and applications of porous two-dimensional polymers from ultra-stable coordination supramolecules based on coordination-driven self-assembly and hierarchical self-assembly.
(2) Precise construction and applications of three-dimensional supramolecular cages and clusters from ultra-stable coordination supramolecules based on coordination chemistry and dynamic covalent chemistry.
(3) Hierarchical self-assembly and applications of coordination supramolecules.