This week’s CrystEngSelects

01 Apr 2011

Here is this week’s selection of advanced articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals.

Articles are chosen from:
ChemComm,
CrystEngComm,
Dalton Transactions,
Journal of Materials Chemistry,
New Journal of Chemistry,
Nanoscale,
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Hydrothermal synthesis, structures, and luminescent properties of zinc(II) and cadmium(II) phosphonates with a 3D framework structure using terephthalate as second linkers

Fei Tong, Zhen-Gang Sun, Kai Chen, Yan-Yu Zhu, Wei-Nan Wang, Cheng-Qi Jiao, Cheng-Lin Wang and Chao Li, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01649G

K_0.46Na_0.54NbO₃ ferroelectric ceramics: chemical synthesis, electro-mechanical characteristics, local crystal chemistry and elastic anomalies

Zhiguo Yi, Yun Liu, Michael A. Carpenter, Jason Schiemer and Ray L. Withers, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01666G

Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and preliminary reactivity behaviour of new heteropolytopic ligands based on the 1,3,5-triazine spacer and pyrazolyl, tris-pyrazolylmethyl and tris-pyrazolylethoxy bonding fragments

C. Di Nicola, F. Garau, F. Marchetti, M. Monari, L. Pandolfo, C. Pettinari and A. Venzo, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01787F

Mechanochemical synthesis in copper(II) halide/pyridine systems: single crystal X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopic studies

Graham A. Bowmaker, Corrado Di Nicola, Claudio Pettinari, Brian W. Skelton, Neil Somers and Allan H. White, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10224A

New cyanide-bridged Mn^III–M^III heterometallic dinuclear complexes constructed from [M^III(AA)(CN)₄]⁻ building blocks (M = Cr and Fe): synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties

Silviu Nastase, Catalin Maxim, Marius Andruh, Joan Cano, Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, Juan Faus, Francesc Lloret and Miguel Julve, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01815E

First single-crystal synthesis and low-temperature structural determination of the quasi-2D quantum spin compound (CuCl)LaNb₂O₇

Olivier J. Hernandez, Cédric Tassel, Kunihiro Nakano, Werner Paulus, Clemens Ritter, Eric Collet, Atsushi Kitada, Kazuyoshi Yoshimura and Hiroshi Kageyama, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01665A

Anion-tuned sorption and catalytic properties of a soft metal–organic solid with polycatenated frameworks

Sujuan Wang, Lei Li, Jianyong Zhang, Xiaochen Yuan and Cheng-Yong Su, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10394F

Single-crystalline and reactive facets exposed anatase TiO₂ nanofibers with enhanced photocatalytic properties

Wei Li, Yang Bai, Weijia Liu, Chang Liu, Zhuhong Yang, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu and Kwong-Yu Chan, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10115C

Reversible single crystal to single crystal transformation with anion exchange-induced weak Cu²⁺I⁻ interactions and modification of the structures and properties of MOFs

Junhong Fu, Huijun Li, Yajuan Mu, Hongwei Hou and Yaoting Fan, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10251F

Methyl modified MOF-5: a water stable hydrogen storage material

Jie Yang, Anna Grzech, Fokko M. Mulder and Theo J. Dingemans, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11054C

Engineering molecular crystals with abnormally weak cohesion

Kenneth E. Maly, Eric Gagnon and James D. Wuest, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10866B

New insights into the aggregation of silver pyrazolides using sterically hindered bidentate pyrazole ligands

James J. Henkelis, Colin A. Kilner and Malcolm A. Halcrow, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC00054C

Crystal facet engineering of semiconductor photocatalysts: motivations, advances and unique properties

Gang Liu, Jimmy C. Yu, Gao Qing (Max) Lu and Hui-Ming Cheng, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10665A

A metalloporphyrin functionalized metal–organic framework for selective oxidization of styrene

Ming-Hua Xie, Xiu-Li Yang and Chuan-De Wu, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10461F

Structural variation from 1D chains to 3D networks: a systematic study of coordination number effect on the construction of coordination polymers using the terepthaloylbisglycinate ligand

George E. Kostakis, Luigi Casella, Athanassios K. Boudalis, Enrico Monzani and John C. Plakatouras, New J. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ01009J

Use of π–π forces to steer the assembly of chromone derivatives into hydrogen bonded supramolecular layers: crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analyses

Saikat Kumar Seth, Debayan Sarkar and Tanusree Kar, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05037K

Green synthesis of rosettelike silver nanocrystals with textured surface topography and highly efficient SERS performances

Maofeng Zhang, Aiwu Zhao, Hongyan Guo, Dapeng Wang, Zibao Gan, Henghui Sun, Da Li and Ming Li, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05105A

The growth and investigation on Ga-doped ZnO single crystals with high thermal stability and high carrier mobility

Wenwen Lin, Kai Ding, Zhang Lin, Jiye Zhang, Jiakui Huang and Feng Huang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05122A

A polythreading coordination array formed from 2D grid networks and 1D chains

Ju Wang, Xia Zhu, Yan-Feng Cui, Bao-Long Li and Hai-Yan Li, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00782J

Self-assembly of CdTe QDs into urchin-like microspheres by the assistance of a long-chain ionic liquid monolayer

Hongchao Ma, Xiangtao Bai and Liqiang Zheng, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05086A

Influence of ionic liquids on the crystalline structure of nanocolloids

Shu Chen, Mark J. Muldoon, Kris Anderson and Pascal André, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05126A

A new 8-connected porous coordination polymer: crystal structure and selective adsorption properties

Hua-Hong Zou, Yan-Ping He, Liu-Cheng Gui and Fu-Pei Liang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05103B

Supramolecular versatility in the solid-state complexes of para-sulphonatocalix[4]arene with phenanthroline

Barbara Leśniewska, Oksana Danylyuk, Kinga Suwinska, Tomasz Wojciechowski and Anthony W. Coleman, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00515K

Reactive milling with metals for environmentally benign sustainable production

G. Kaupp, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05085K

A hexagonal solvate of the neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid

Elise J. C. de Vries, Demetrius C. Levendis and Hayley A. Reece, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00803F