The past decade has witnessed the rapid development of functional coordination polymers (CPs) for various potential applications. Generally speaking, functionalization of coordination framework to enhance materials performance could be achieved either during the framework formation or by post-synthesis modification. In spite of great progress over the past few years, there is still growing demand in expanding the research by introducing new structure motifs, among which the incorporation of stimuli-responsive ligand into the coordination skeleton is an option. In particular, the fusion of typically charged units, e.g. bipyridinium derivatives with metal ions to fabricate CPs has attracted tremendous attention. The electrostatic interaction, electron-deficient characteristic and photoelectrochemical activity make this family of materials show a wide variety of intriguing applications including smart chromic response, switching, sensing, adsorption and separation, and molecular magnets, etc. This review aims to highlight the recent progress in this area, and seek to uncover promising ideas that will stimulate future advancements at both the basic and applied levels.

在过去的十年中，目睹了功能配合聚合物（CP）在各种潜在应用中的快速发展。一般而言，可以在构架形成过程中或通过合成后修饰来实现增强构架性能的协调构架功能化。尽管在过去的几年中取得了长足的进步，但通过引入新的结构基序来扩大研究范围的需求仍在增长，其中将刺激响应性配体掺入配位骨架是一种选择。尤其是典型带电单元的融合，例如具有金属离子的联吡啶鎓衍生物制备CPs引起了极大的关注。静电相互作用，电子不足特性和光电化学活性使该系列材料显示出各种有趣的应用，包括智能的铬响应，开关，传感，吸附和分离以及分子磁体等。这篇综述旨在突出该领域的最新进展，并寻求发现有希望的构想，这些构想将在基础和应用层面上刺激未来的发展。