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.
Effect of electrocrystallization medium on quality, structural features, and conducting properties of single crystals of the (BEDT-TTF)4AI[FeIII(C2O4)3]·G family
T. G. Prokhorova, L. I. Buravov, E. B. Yagubskii, L. V. Zorina, S. S. Khasanov, S. V. Simonov, R. P. Shibaeva, A. V. Korobenko and V. N. Zverev
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00095G, Paper
Towards two-dimensional nanoporous networks: crystal engineering at the solid–liquid interface
Shengbin Lei, Kazukuni Tahara, Jinne Adisoejoso, Tanya Balandina, Yoshito Tobe and Steven De Feyter
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00282H, Highlight
Self-assembly of dilacunary building blocks into high-nuclear [Ln16As16W164O576(OH)8(H2O)42]80− (Ln = EuIII, GdIII, TbIII, DyIII, and HoIII) polyoxotungstates
Firasat Hussain and Greta R. Patzke
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C003489D, Paper
Two 3D coordination assemblies with same cluster configuration showing different magnetic behaviors: a ferromagnetic {[W(CN)8Co2(DMF)8][NO3]}n and a paramagnetic {W(CN)8Cu2(py)8}n
Jun Qian, Huajian Zhao, Hongyang Wei, Jianghua Li, Jinfang Zhang, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Kunio Awaga and Chi Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00227E, Paper
Study of the mechanochemical formation and resulting properties of an archetypal MOF: Cu3(BTC)2 (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)
Wenbing Yuan, Ana Lazuen Garay, Anne Pichon, Rob Clowes, Colin D. Wood, Andrew I. Cooper and Stuart L. James
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00486C, Communication
An ultrafine nanoporous bimetallic Ag–Pd alloy with superior catalytic activity
Hong Ji, Jan Frenzel, Zhen Qi, Xiaoguang Wang, Changchun Zhao, Zhonghua Zhang and Gunther Eggeler
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00293C, Communication
Hydrothermal epitaxy of ferromagnetic cobalt doped titanium dioxide films at 120 °C
Gregory Kia Liang Goh, Kelvin Yong Seng Chan and Tao Liu
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00112K, Paper
Synthesis of Au core Au/Ag alloy shell nanoparticles using branched Au nanoparticles as seeds
Xinling Tang and Masaharu Tsuji
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00018C, Paper
A supramolecular twist to the structures of bis(polyfluorophenyl)mercurials
Glen B. Deacon, Craig M. Forsyth, Peter C. Junk, Ekaterina I. Izgorodina, Timothy J. Ness, Gerd Meyer and Ingo Pantenburg
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00258E, Paper
Surfactant-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical properties of nanoplate-assembled 3D flower-like Cu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O microstructures
Xiujuan Sun, Jiawei Wang, Yan Xing, Ying Zhao, Xianchun Liu, Bo Liu and Suying Hou
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00083C, Paper
Controlled assemblies of hepta- and trideca-CoII clusters by a rational derivation of salicylalde schiff bases: microwave-assisted synthesis, crystal structures, ESI-MS solution analysis and magnetic properties
Lian-Qiang Wei, Bing-Wen Li, Sheng Hu and Ming-Hua Zeng
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00085J, Paper
Four new coordination polymers constructed from benzene tricarboxylic acid: synthesis, crystal structure, thermal and magnetic properties
Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Mohan Bhadbhade and John Arron Stride
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00600A, Paper
Facile synthesized nanorod structured vanadium pentoxide for high-rate lithium batteries
Anqiang Pan, Ji-Guang Zhang, Zimin Nie, Guozhong Cao, Bruce W. Arey, Guosheng Li, Shu-quan Liang and Jun Liu
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01306D, Paper
Synthesis of bioactive class II poly(γ-glutamic acid)/silica hybrids for bone regeneration
Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Claudia Ionescu, Olga Tsigkou, Muthu Murugesan, Robert G. Hill, Molly M. Stevens, John V. Hanna, Mark E. Smith and Julian R. Jones
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM00930J, Paper
Selective CO2 and H2 adsorption in a chiral magnesium-based metal organic framework (Mg-MOF) with open metal sites
Arijit Mallick, Subhadeep Saha, Pradip Pachfule, Sudip Roy and Rahul Banerjee
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01125H, Paper
PbSe nanocrystal growth as nanocubes and nanorods on peptide nanotubes via different directed-assembly pathways
Menglu Shi, Wei Su and Hiroshi Matsui
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00457J, Communication
Microporous polyimide networks with large surface areas and their hydrogen storage properties
Zhonggang Wang, Bufeng Zhang, Hao Yu, Lixian Sun, Chengli Jiao and Wanshuang Liu
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02489A, Communication
Rapid one-pot synthesis of LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn) colloidal nanocrystals by supercritical ethanol process
Dinesh Rangappa, Koji Sone, Masaki Ichihara, Tetsuichi Kudo and Itaru Honma
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03034A, Communication
Low-temperature mass production of superconducting MgB2 nanofibers from Mg(BH4)2 decomposition and recombination
Junzhi Yang, Jie Zheng, Xuanzhou Zhang, Yaoqi Li, Rong Yang, Qingrong Feng and Xingguo Li
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02745F, Communication
