This week’s CrystEngSelects

15 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.

A facile method to tune zeolite L crystals with low aspect ratio

Adriana Gaona Gomez, Glynis de Silveira, Huu Doan and Chil-Hung Cheng, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10894H, Communication

Urchin-like Ni–P microstructures: facile synthesis, properties and application in the fast removal of heavy-metal ions

Yonghong Ni, Kai Mi, Chao Cheng, Jun Xia, Xiang Ma and Jianming Hong, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11640A, Communication

The crystallographic structure of thermoNicotianamine synthase with a synthetic reaction intermediate highlights the sequential processing mechanism

Cyril Dreyfus, Manuel Larrouy, Florine Cavelier, Jean Martinez, David Pignol and Pascal Arnoux, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10565E, Communication

A new approach towards tetrahedral imidazolate frameworks for high and selective CO₂ uptake

Fei Wang, Yan-Xi Tan, Hui Yang, Hai-Xia Zhang, Yao Kang and Jian Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10829H, Communication

A rod packing microporous metal–organic framework: unprecedented ukv topology, high sorption selectivity and affinity for CO₂

Lei Hou, Wen-Juan Shi, Yao-Yu Wang, Ying Guo, Chen Jin and Qi-Zhen Shi, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10990A, Communication

Some aspects of quantum dot toxicity

Melanie Bottrill and Mark Green, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10692A, Feature Article

Enhanced porosity in a new 3D Hofmann-like network exhibiting humidity sensitive cooperative spin transitions at room temperature

Carlos Bartual-Murgui, Norma A. Ortega-Villar, Helena J. Shepherd, M. Carmen Muñoz, Lionel Salmon, Gábor Molnár, Azzedine Bousseksou and José Antonio Real, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM04387G, Paper

Effect of RF power on the formation and size evolution of nC-Si quantum dots in an amorphous SiO_x matrix

Arup Samanta and Debajyoti Das, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10443H, Paper

Synthesis of quasi-oriented α-MoO₃ nanobelts and nanoplatelets on TiO₂ coated glass

Murat E. Kurtoglu, Travis Longenbach and Yury Gogotsi, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10752F, Paper

The crystal structure of the first borohydride borate, Ca₃(BD₄)₃(BO₃)

M. D. Riktor, Y. Filinchuk, P. Vajeeston, E. G. Bardají, M. Fichtner, H. Fjellvåg, M. H. Sørby and B. C. Hauback, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM00074H, Paper

Synthesis of sub-2 nm ceria crystallites in carbon matrixes by simple pyrolysis of ion-exchange resins

Mahlon S. Wilson, Andrew Delariva and Fernando H. Garzon, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10529A, Paper

Fabrication of flexible dye-sensitised solar cells with photoanodes composed of periodically aligned single crystalline vertical ZnO NRs by utilising a direct metal transfer method

Jin Ju Kim, Ki Seok Kim and Gun Young Jung, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM04419A, Paper

Addressing fluorescence and liquid crystal behaviour in multi-mesogenic BODIPY materials

Michael Benstead, Geraldine A. Rosser, Andrew Beeby, Georg H. Mehl and Ross W. Boyle, New J. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00990C, Paper

Synthesis of highly b-oriented zeolite MFI films by suppressing twin crystal growth during the secondary growth

Xianming Li, Yong Peng, Zhengbao Wang and Yushan Yan, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05094J, Communication

Self-assembled 3D hierarchical clew-like Bi₂WO₆ microspheres: Synthesis, photo-induced charges transfer properties, and photocatalytic activities

Dongqing He, Lingling Wang, Haiyan Li, Tianyi Yan, Dejun Wang and Tengfeng Xie, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00918K, Paper

Novel ligands and complexes in situ generated from the copper-mediated conversions of 2,5-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole: structures and magnetic properties

Zhen-Lan Fang, Rong-Min Yu, Jie Zhang and Can-Zhong Lu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00907E, Paper

Synthesis and luminescent properties of NaLa(MoO₄)₂:Eu³⁺ shuttle-like nanorods composed of nanoparticles

Mei Yang, Hongpeng You, Yongchao Jia, Hui Qiao, Ning Guo and Yanhua Song, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00822B, Paper

Underlying nets in three-periodic coordination polymers: topology, taxonomy and prediction from a computer-aided analysis of the Cambridge Structural Database

E. V. Alexandrov, V. A. Blatov, A. V. Kochetkov and D. M. Proserpio, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00636J, Highlight

A novel family of 3D photoluminescent lanthanide–bta–flexible MOFs constructed from 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and different spanning of dicarboxylate acid ligands

Ke-Ling Hou, Feng-Ying Bai, Yong-Heng Xing, Jian-Ling Wang and Zhan Shi, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00707B, Paper

Hierarchical Bi₂O₂CO₃ microspheres with improved visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity

Tianyu Zhao, Jiantao Zai, Miao Xu, Qiong Zou, Yuezeng Su, Kaixue Wang and Xuefeng Qian, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05113J, Paper

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