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Showcasing the breadth of research published in CrystEngComm

Below, you can find a selection of articles that showcase the breadth of cutting-edge research published in CrystEngComm, on the design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials.

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IR spectroscopy as a probe for C–H⋯X hydrogen bonded
supramolecular synthons

Subhankar Saha, Lalit Rajput, Sumy Joseph, Manish Kumar
Mishra, Somnath Ganguly and Gautam R. Desiraju
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 1273–1290
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Will it crystallise? Predicting crystallinity of molecular materials
Jerome G. P. Wicker and Richard I. Cooper
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 1927–1934
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Nanocrystal formation and polymorphism of glycine
Xiaochuan Yang and Allan S. Myerson
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 723–728
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Reductive coordination replication of V2O5 sacrificial macrostructures into vanadium-based porous coordination polymers
Julien Reboul, Kenji Yoshida, Shuhei Furukawa and Susumu Kitagawa
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 323–330

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A simple strategy for the synthesis of well-defined bassanite nanorods
U. Tritschler, M. Kellermeier, C. Debus, A. Kempter and H. Cölfen
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 3772–3776
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October’s HOT articles

October brings a new selection of HOT articles below. These are free to access for 4 weeks and have been compiled into a collection available for viewing on our website.

Lipid or aqueous medium for hematin crystallization?
Peter G. Vekilov, Jeffrey D. Rimer, Katy N. Olafson and Megan A. Ketchum
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01178G

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Versatile solid modifications of icariin: structure, properties and form transformation
Lina Jia, Qi Zhang, Jian-Rong Wang and Xuefeng Mei
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 7500-7509
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01422K

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September’s HOT articles

Our September selection of HOT articles are below. These are only free to access for 4 weeks. The articles have also been compiled into a collection available for viewing on our website.

Thermodynamic characteristics of cocrystal formation and melting points for rational design of pharmaceutical two-component systems
German L. Perlovich
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 7019-7028
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00992H

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Simultaneous doping and heterojunction of silver on Na2Ta2O6 nanoparticles for visible light driven photocatalysis: the relationship between tunable optical absorption, defect chemistry and photocatalytic activity
Tingting Wang, Junyu Lang, Yingjie Zhao, Yiguo Su, Yanxia Zhao and Xiaojing Wang
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 6651-6660
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01125F

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Transformation of rigid metal-organic frameworks into flexible gel networks and vice versa
José Juan Marrero-Tellado and David Diaz
CrystEngComm, 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01032B

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Construction of a series of metal–organic frameworks based on novel flexible ligand 4-carboxy-1-(3,5-dicarboxy-benzyl)-pyridinium chloride and selective d-block metal ions: crystal structures and photoluminescence
Hai-Yang Li, Li-Hui Cao, Yong-Li Wei, Hong Xu and Shuang-Quan Zang
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 6297-6307
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01008J

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Epitaxial growth of AlN films on sapphire via a multilayer structure adopting a low- and high-temperature alternation technique
X. Zhang, F. J. Xu, J. M. Wang, C. G. He, L. S. Zhang, J. Huang, J. P. Cheng, Z. X. Qin, X. L. Yang, N. Tang, X. Q. Wang and B. Shen
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01159K

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A furosemide–isonicotinamide cocrystal: an investigation of properties and extensive structural disorder
Hannah E. Kerr, Lorna K. Softley, Kuthuru Suresh, Ashwini Nangia, Paul Hodgkinson and Ivana Radosavljevic Evans
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 6707-6715
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01183C

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Synthetic strategies for new vanadium oxyfluorides containing novel building blocks: structures of V(IV) and V(V) containing Sr4V3O5F13, Pb7V4O8F18, Pb2VO2F5, and Pb2VOF6
Jeongho Yeon, Justin B. Felder, Mark D. Smith, Gregory Morrison and Hans-Conrad zur Loye
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01464F

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August’s HOT articles

August’s HOT articles are below. Remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The articles have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Manipulating connecting nodes through remote alkoxy chain variation in coordination networks with 4′-alkoxy-4,2′:6′,4”-terpyridine linkers
Y. Maximilian Klein, Alessandro Prescimone, Edwin C. Constable and Catherine E. Housecroft
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE01115A

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Polyoxometalate-directed assembly and various structures of inorganic–organic hybrid compounds based on a semi-rigid bis-pyridyl-bis-amide
Xiu-Li Wang, Na Xu, Xun-Zhang Zhao, Ju-Wen Zhang, Chun-Hua Gong and Tian-Jiao Li
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00962F  

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July’s HOT articles

Take a look at July’s HOT articles and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website

Growth of high quality single crystals of strontium doped (Nd,Pr)-nickelates, Nd2−xSrxNiO4+δ and Pr2−xSrxNiO4+δ
O. Wahyudi, M. Ceretti, I. Weill, A. Cousson, F. Weill, M. Meven, M. Guerre, A. Villesuzanne, J.-M. Bassat and W. Paulus
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00906E 

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1D iron(II) spin crossover coordination polymers with 3,3′-azopyridine – kinetic trapping effects and spin transition above room temperature
Sophie Schönfeld, Charles Lochenie, Peter Thoma and Birgit Weber
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00800J

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Diamond crystallization from an Mg–C system under high pressure, high temperature conditions
Y. N. Palyanov, Y. M. Borzdov, I. N. Kupriyanov, A. F. Khokhryakov and D. V. Nechaev
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 4928-4936
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00897B

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Scalable synthesis of djurleite copper sulphide (Cu1.94S) hexagonal nanoplates from a single precursor copper thiocyanate and their photothermal properties 
Donghwan Yoon, Haneul Jin, Suho Ryu, Suhyun Park, Hionsuck Baik, Seung Jae Oh, Seungjoo Haam, Chulmin Joo and Kwangyeol Lee 
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 4627-4631 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00638D 

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Macroscopic glass-permeated single-crystals of fresnoite 
Wolfgang Wisniewski, Marcus Nagel and Christian Rüssel 
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 5019-5025 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00856E 

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Synergy of Mg2+ and poly(aspartic acid) in additive-controlled calcium carbonate precipitation 
Stefan L. P. Wolf, Kathrin Jähme and Denis Gebauer 
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00452G 

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HOT articles

Take a look at the below HOT articles for the month of May and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Manufacture of dense CAU-10-H coatings for application in adsorption driven heat pumps: optimization and characterization
M. F. de Lange, T. Zeng, T. J. H. Vlugt, J. Gascon and F. Kapteijn
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00789E

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Regiospecific growth of Au on a concave PtZn nanocube forming an Au–PtZn surface mosaic nanocube and an Au–PtZn octapod
Ki Woong Lee, Hyohyun An, Seungjoo Haam, Hionsuck Baik and Kwangyeol Lee
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00429B

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In situ total X-ray scattering study of the formation mechanism and structural defects in anatase TiO2 nanoparticles under hydrothermal conditions
Jian-Li Mi, Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, Christoffer Tyrsted, Martin Bremholm and Bo B. Iversen
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00544B

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Tracking the transformations of mesoporous microspheres of calcium silicate hydrate at the nanoscale upon ibuprofen release: a XANES and STXM study
Xiaoxuan Guo, Zhiqiang Wang, Jin Wu, Yongfeng Hu, Jian Wang, Ying-Jie Zhu and Tsun-Kong Sham
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00500K

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Blue light production by type-I non-critical phase matching second-harmonic generation in La(Ca1−xSrx)4O(BO3)3 single crystals
Alexandru Achim, Lucian Gheorghe, Flavius Voicu and George Stanciu
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00125K

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High quality β-FeOOH nanostructures constructed by a biomolecule-assisted hydrothermal approach and their pH-responsive drug delivery behaviors
Xinyu Zhang, Juan Ge, Bo Lei, Yumeng Xue and Yaping Du
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00559K

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Recent advances in the construction of lanthanide–copper heterometallic metal–organic frameworks
Shaowei Zhang and Peng Cheng
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00237K

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Isotopomeric polymorphism in a “doubly-polymorphic” multi-component molecular crystal
Marc Schmidtmann, Derek S. Middlemiss and Chick C. Wilson
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00123D

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Static and lattice vibrational energy differences between polymorphs
Jonas Nyman and Graeme M. Day
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00045A

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Structural insights into the hexamorphic system of an isoniazid derivative
D. Hean, T. Gelbrich, U. J. Griesser, J. P. Michael and A. Lemmerer
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00275C

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Three anhydrous forms and a dihydrate form of quifenadine hydrochloride: a structural study of the thermodynamic stability and dehydration mechanism
Artis Kons, Ligita Rutkovska, Agris Bērziņš, Raitis Bobrovsa and Andris Actiņš
CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 3627-3635
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00426H

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March’s HOT articles

Take a look at March’s HOT articles below and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Understanding the packing in the 1:1 molecular complex 1,3,5-tricyanobenzene–hexamethylbenzene by probing lattice modes
John A. Stride
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00328H

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Influence of oxygen partial pressure on SrTiO3 bulk crystal growth from non-stoichiometric melts
Christo Guguschev, Dirk J. Kok, Zbigniew Galazka, Detlef Klimm, Reinhard Uecker, Rainer Bertram, Martin Naumann, Uta Juda, Albert Kwasniewski and Matthias Bickermann
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00095E

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Crystallization and disorder of the polytypic α1 and α2 polymorphs of piroxicam
Pratik P. Upadhyay and Andrew D. Bond
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00050E

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February’s HOT articles

Take a look at February’s HOT articles below and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks! The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

New, intermediate polymorph of CeAlO3 with hexagonal structure – formation and thermal stability
Małgorzata A. Małecka and Leszek Kępiński
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02201G 

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Template-free synthesis of mesoporous anatase titania hollow spheres and their enhanced photocatalysis
Changchao Jia, Ping Yang, Hsueh-Shih Chen and Junpeng Wang
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02358G

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Fabrication of arrays of high-aspect-ratio diamond nanoneedles via maskless ECR-assisted microwave plasma etching
Yang Yang, Muk-Fung Yuen, Xianfeng Chen, Shanshan Xu, Yongbing Tang and Wenjun Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02267J

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Rapid crystal growth of type-II clathrates A8Na16Si136 (A = K, Rb, Cs) by spark plasma sintering
Yongkwan Dong and George S. Nolas
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02221A

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Tunability of guest release properties and crystal structures in a supramolecular benzothiophene heterocyclic host complex
Takashi Wakabayashi, Sayaka Kitamura, Hideyuki Tabata, Reiko Kuroda and Yoshitane Imai
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02496F

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January’s HOT articles

A new year brings a new crop of HOT articles for the beginning of 2015. As always, these are free to access for 4 weeks. These have also been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Zero-strain reductive intercalation in a molecular framework
Joshua A. Hill, Andrew B. Cairns, Jared J. K. Lim, Simon J. Cassidy, Simon J. Clarke and Andrew L. Goodwin
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02364A

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Solid state structures of p-cresol revisited
Eustina Batisai, Vincent J. Smith, Susan A. Bourne and Nikoletta B. Báthori
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02334J

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Room temperature heliconical twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
Yuan Wang, Gautam Singh, Dena M. Agra-Kooijman, Min Gao, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Chenming Xue, Michael R. Fisch, Satyendra Kumar and Quan Li
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02502D

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Solvent control in the formation of supramolecular host–guest complexes of isoniazid with p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene
Oksana Danylyuk, Helena Butkiewicz, Anthony W. Coleman and Kinga Suwinska
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02383H

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December’s HOT articles

We have our year end batch of HOT articles which are free to access for 4 weeks. These have also been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

A 3D porous supramolecular architecture via π–π assembly of 2D metal–organic frameworks (MOFs): structure-versus-luminescence reversibility and gas adsorption properties
Chih-Chieh Wang, Gia-Bin Sheu, Szu-Yu Ke, Chi-Yang Shin, Yu-Jen Cheng, Yi-Ting Chen, Chia-Hsing Cho, Mei-Lin Ho, Wen-Tin Chen, Ru-Hsio Liao, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Hwo-Shuenn Sheu
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01849D

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Flux-mediated crystal growth of metal oxides: synthetic tunability of particle morphologies, sizes, and surface features for photocatalysis research
Jonathan Boltersdorf, Nacole King and Paul A. Maggard
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01587H

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Trinuclear {Sr[UO2L3]2(H2O)4} and pentanuclear {Sr[UO2L3]4}2− uranyl monocarboxylate complexes (L-acetate or n-butyrate ion)
Anton V. Savchenkov, Vladislav V. Klepov, Anna V. Vologzhanina, Larisa B. Serezhkina, Denis V. Pushkin and Viktor N. Serezhkin
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02103G

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Bulk crystal growth of hybrid perovskite material CH3NH3PbI3
Yangyang Dang, Yang Liu, Youxuan Sun, Dongsheng Yuan, Xiaolong Liu, Weiqun Lu, Guangfeng Liu, Haibing Xia and Xutang Tao
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02106A

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