CrystEngComm Blog

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.

Linking [2]rotaxane wheels to create a new type of metal organic rotaxane framework
Darren J. Mercer, V. Nicholas Vukotic and Stephen J. Loeb
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04139D, Communication

Single-crystal a-Fe2O3 hexagonal nanorings: stepwise influence of different anionic ligands (F- and SCN- anions)
Baoliang Lv, Yao Xu, Dong Wu and Yuhan Sun
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03632C , Communication

Small molecules control the formation of Pt nanocrystals: a key role of carbon monoxide in the synthesis of Pt nanocubes
Binghui Wu, Nanfeng Zheng and Gang Fu
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03671D , Communication

Mn3O4 catalyzed growth of polycrystalline Pt nanoparticles and single crystalline Pt nanorods with high index facets
Xuezhong Gong, Yun Yang and Shaoming Huang
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03656K , Communication

An ionic porous coordination framework exhibiting high CO2 affinity and CO2/CH4 selectivity
Jian-Bin Lin, Wei Xue, Jie-Peng Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04089D , Communication

Microwave-assisted synthesis of hydrophilic BaYF5:Tb/Ce,Tb green fluorescent colloid nanocrystals
Yongqian Lei, Min Pang, Weiqiang Fan, Jing Feng, Shuyan Song, Song Dang and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00873G, Paper

Hydrothermal synthesis and structure evolution of hierarchical cobalt sulfide nanostructures
Wenjun Dong, Xuebin Wang, Bingjie Li, Lina Wang, Benyong Chen, Chaorong Li, Xiao Li, Tierui Zhang and Zhan Shi
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01107J , Paper

Facile solvothermal synthesis of hierarchical flower-like Bi2MoO6 hollow spheres as high performance visible-light driven photocatalysts
Guohui Tian, Yajie Chen, Wei Zhou, Kai Pan, Youzhen Dong, Chungui Tian and Honggang Fu
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03040F , Paper

On the growth and properties of high quality single crystals of the yttrium doped strontium cobaltates, Y1-xSrxCoO3-d (0.7 = x = 0.95)
C. L. Fleck, G. Balakrishnan and M. R. Lees
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02711A , Paper

Synthesis of ZnO coated activated carbon aerogel by simple sol–gel route
T. Yong-Jin Han, Marcus A. Worsley, Theodore F. Baumann and Joe H. Satcher, Jr
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03204B , Communication

Silica and hybrid silica hollow spheres from imidazolium-based templating agents
Montserrat Trilla, Xavier Cattoën, Christophe Blanc, Michel Wong Chi Man and Roser Pleixats
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02799E , Paper

Multidimensional frameworks constructed from Keggin-type heteropoly blue of molybdenum–tungsten cluster
Yuchao Wang, Lin Xu, Ning Jiang, Lili Zhao, Fengyan Li and Xizheng Liu
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00514B , Communication

Ionothermal synthesis of a new (4,12)-connected heterometallic iodoplumbate with [Pb4(OH)4] cubane as joint points of the helices
Fei Hu, Quan-Guo Zhai, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang and Man-Cheng Hu
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00651C , Communication

Metal and ligand binding mode dependent topologies in phthalate coordination polymers with bis(4-pyridylformyl)piperazine co-ligands
Curtis Y. Wang, Zachary M. Wilseck, Ronald M. Supkowski and Robert L. LaDuca
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00632G , Paper

Cleaving the framework of CuX with a tetrapyrazolyl-based ligand to construct [CuX]n-based coordination polymers
Liang Zhang, Zhi-Gang Ren, Hong-Xi Li and Jian-Ping Lang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00513D , Paper

High uniformity and monodispersity of sodium rare-earth fluoride nanocrystals: controllable synthesis, shape evolution and optical properties
Songjun Zeng, Guozhong Ren, Changfu Xu and Qibin Yang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00325E , Paper

Luminescence induced by strong cation–anion p–p interactions in crystals of viologen analogues
Oleksii V. Gutov, Eduard B. Rusanov, Alexey A. Kudryavtsev, Sergey G. Garasevych, Olexandr V. Slobodyanyuk, Valerii M. Yashchuk and Alexander N. Chernega
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00191K , Paper

Ultra-thin anatase TiO2 nanosheets dominated with {001} facets: thickness-controlled synthesis, growth mechanism and water-splitting properties
Xiao Hua Yang, Zhen Li, Gang Liu, Jun Xing, Chenghua Sun, Hua Gui Yang and Chunzhong Li
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00233J , Paper

Two unique 8-quinolinato (q) based one dimensional complexes [FeIIMnII(q)4·(H2O)0.25]n and [MnII(q)2]n: synthesis, structures, and magnetism
Bo Li, Jingping Zhang, Yan Zhang, Shuxin Cui, Wenliang Li, Yu Wang and Xiaoying Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00488J , Communication

Direct synthesis of novel SiC@Al2O3 core-shell epitaxial nanowires and field emission characteristics
H. Cui, L. Gong, Y. Sun, G. Z. Yang, C. L. Liang, J. Chen and C. X. Wang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00435A , Paper

Revelation of the spatial structure of a highly crystalline and conducting polyaniline membrane constructed by epitaxial growth
Chun-Guey Wu and Chien-Hung Chiang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00463D , Paper

Design and synthesis of ternary semiconductor Cu7.2(SexS1-x)4 nanocrystallites for efficient visible light photocatalysis
Yuanhao Gao, Zhi Zheng, Fengling Yang, Fujuan Zhang, Pinjiang Li, Wenjun Fa, Huimin Jia and Hongxiao Zhao
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00524J , Paper

Synthesis of anhydrous yttrium and rare earth vanadium oxides from aqueous solution
Meehae Jang and Kenneth M. Doxsee
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00590H , Paper

Upper rim site lipophilic calix[4]arenes as receptors for natural terpenes and functionally related solvent molecules: combined crystal structure and QMB sensor study
Tobias Gruber, Conrad Fischer, Wilhelm Seichter, Petra Bombicz and Edwin Weber
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00696C , Paper

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.

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.

 

Direct scattered growth of MWNT on Si for high performance anode material in Li-ion batteries

Pengfei Gao, Yanna Nuli, Yu-Shi He, Jiazhao Wang, Andrew I. Minett, Jun Yang and Jun Chen

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02870C, Communication

 

Coordination polymers constructed by 1,3-bi(4-pyridyl)propane with four different conformations and 2,2′-dinitro-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate ligands: the effects of metal ions

Baiyan Li, Guanghua Li, Dan Liu, Yu Peng, Xiaojing Zhou, Jia Hua, Zhan Shi and Shouhua Feng

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00252F, Paper

 

Modification of flexible part in Cu²⁺ interdigitated framework for CH₄/CO₂ separation

Yasutaka Inubushi, Satoshi Horike, Tomohiro Fukushima, George Akiyama, Ryotaro Matsuda and Susumu Kitagawa

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01294G, Communication

 

Crystal structure and electronic properties of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) carbamate

Eunhee Jo, Young Ho Jhon, Sang Beom Choi, Jae-Goo Shim, Jun-Han Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, In-Young Lee, Kyung-Ryong Jang and Jaheon Kim

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03224G, Communication

 

A novel non-catalytic synthesis method for zero- and two-dimensional B₁₃C₂ nanostructures

Liap Tat Su, Sky Shumao Xie, Jun Guo, Alfred I. Y. Tok and Oleg Vasylkiv

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00296H, Paper

 

Cubic and rhombohedral heterobimetallic networks constructed from uranium, transition metals, and phosphonoacetate: new methods for constructing porous materials

Andrea N. Alsobrook, Brad G. Hauser, Joseph T. Hupp, Evgeny V. Alekseev, Wulf Depmeier and Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03507F, Communication

 

Bis(nitrate)diaquauranyl(VI) synthon to generate [1 × 2 + 1 × 1] and [1 × 1 + 1 × 1] co-crystalized 3d5f self-assemblies

Sagarika Bhattacharya, Suraj Mondal, Sujit Sasmal, Hazel A. Sparkes, Judith A. K. Howard, Malabika Nayak and Sasankasekhar Mohanta

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00332H, Paper

 

Europium(II) compounds: simple synthesis of a molecular complex in water and coordination polymers with 2,2′-bipyrimidine-mediated ferromagnetic interactions

Gaël Zucchi, Pierre Thuéry, Eric Rivière and Michel Ephritikhine

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02539A, Communication

 

Oriented silver oxide nanostructures synthesized through a template-free electrochemical route

Weifeng Wei, Xuhui Mao, Luis A. Ortiz and Donald R. Sadoway

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02214D, Paper

 

Covalent assistance to supramolecular synthesis: directing the supramolecular assembly of co-crystals by in situ modification of hydrogen bonding functionality

Andreas Lemmerer, Joel Bernstein and Volker Kahlenberg

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00347F, Communication

 

Nanoparticle-aggregated octahedral copper hierarchical nanostructures

Shaodong Sun, Chuncai Kong, Dongchu Deng, Xiaoping Song, Bingjun Ding and Zhimao Yang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00565G, Communication

 

Growth of polygonal rings and wires of CuS on structured surfaces

Yolanda Vasquez, Erin M. Fenton, Victoria F. Chernow and Joanna Aizenberg

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00499E, Communication

 

Construction of three high-dimensional supramolecular networks from temperature-driven conformational isomers

Hua-Cai Fang, Ying-Ying Ge, Hong-Yang Jia, Shan-Shan Li, Feng Sun, Li-Guo Zhang and Yue-Peng Cai

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00485E, Communication

 

Molten salt synthesis of K₄Nb₆O₁₇, K₂Nb₄O₁₁ and KNb₃O₈ crystals with needle- or plate-like morphology

Francesco Madaro, Ragnhild Sæterli, Julian R. Tolchard, Mari-Ann Einarsrud, Randi Holmestad and Tor Grande

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00413H, Paper

 

A novel 2D coordination polymer with unprecedented [Ag]₇ chains and two 3D silver–organic frameworks constructed by methylenediisophthalic acid (H₄MDIP) with strong Ag–Ag interactions

Xian Cheng, Tao Liu, Xianying Duan, Fangming Wang, Qingjin Meng and Changsheng Lu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00360C, Paper

 

Near achiral metal–organic frameworks from conformationally flexible homochiral ligands resulted by the preferential formation of pseudo-inversion center in asymmetric unit

Kyung Seok Jeong, Bo Hyung Lee, Qiaowei Li, Sang Beom Choi, Jaheon Kim and Nakcheol Jeong

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00426J, Communication

 

Hydrogen-bonded adducts between neutral molecules and [Mo(η³-methallyl)(CO)₂(HOC(py)₃)]⁺: snapshots of a deprotonation

Dolores Morales, Julio Pérez, Héctor Martínez-García, Marcos Puerto and Ignacio del Río

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00688B, Communication

 

Exceptions to the rule: new hydrogen-bonded networks from an old reliable

Onome Ugono, Nigam P. Rath and Alicia M. Beatty

CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00621A, Communication

 

Crystal growth on self-assembled monolayers

Aniruddh Singh, In Sung Lee, Kitae Kim and Allan S. Myerson

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00030B, Highlight