  Understanding how colloidal suspensions behave in confined environments has a
striking relevance in practical applications. Despite the fact that the
behaviour of colloids in the bulk is key to identify the main elements
affecting their equilibrium and dynamics, it is only by studying their response
under confinement that one can ponder the use of colloids in formulation
technology. In particular, confining fluids of anisotropic particles in
nanopores provides the opportunity to control their phase behaviour and
stabilise a spectrum of morphologies that cannot form in the bulk. By properly
selecting pore geometry, particle architecture and system packing, it is
possible to tune thermodynamic, structural and dynamical properties for ad hoc
applications. In the present contribution, we report Grand Canonical and
Dynamic Monte Carlo simulations of suspensions of colloidal cubes and cuboids
constrained into cylindrical nanopores of different size. We first study their
phase behaviour, calculate the chemical potential vs density equation of state
and characterise the effect of the pore walls on particle anchoring and
layering. In particular, at large enough concentrations, we observe the
formation of concentric nematic-like coronas of oblate or prolate particles
surrounding an isotropic core, whose features resemble those typically detected
in the bulk. We then analyse the main characteristics of their dynamics and
discover that these are dramatically determined by the ability of particles to
diffuse in the longitudinal and radial direction of the nanopore.
