This week’s CrystEngSelects

06 Jan 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.

Salen-based metal–organic frameworks of nickel and the lanthanides

Peter W. Roesky, Asamanjoy Bhunia, Yanhua Lan, Annie K. Powell and Sven Kureti, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04881J, Communication

A Covalent Organic Framework with 4 nm open pores

Dogru, Andreas Sonnauer, Andrei Gavryushin, Paul Knochel and Thomas Bein, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03792C, Communication

Rapid synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanocrystals in an aqueous system

Yichang Pan, Yunyang Liu, Gaofeng Zeng, Lan Zhao and Zhiping Lai, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05002D, Communication

Visual detection of cobalt(II) ion in vitro and tissue with a new type of leaf-like molecular microcrystal

Shu Jun Zhen, Feng Ling Guo, Li Qiang Chen, Yuan Fang Li, Qing Zhang and Cheng Zhi Huang, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03205K, Communication

Observation of a two-dimensional halogen-bonded cocrystal at sub-monolayer coverage using synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Stuart M. Clarke, Tomislav Friščić, William Jones, Anasuya Mandal, Chenguang Sun and Julia E. Parker, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04400H, Communication

High performance single-crystal field-effect transistors based on twisted polyaromatic semiconductor pyreno[4,5-a]coronene

Md. Minarul Islam, Famil Valiyev, Hsiu-Feng Lu, Ming-Yu Kuo, Ito Chao and Yu-Tai Tao, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04773B, Communication

Low-temperature phase of Li₂FeSiO₄: crystal structure and a preliminary study of electrochemical behavior

Naoaki Yabuuchi, Yuto Yamakawa, Kazuhiro Yoshii and Shinichi Komaba, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01523G, Communication

Structural diversity and magnetic properties in 1D and 2D azido-bridged cobalt(II) complexes with 1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethylene

Jaursup Boonmak, Motohiro Nakano and Sujittra Youngme, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00853B, Paper

Crystal structure of NdSi_6−zAl_1+zO_zN_10−z (z = 0.4) determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction

Saifang Huang, Zhaohui Huang, Yan-gai Liu and Minghao Fang, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00658K, Paper

Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of an oxalato-bridged Re^IVMo^VI heterobimetallic complex

José Martínez-Lillo, Donatella Armentano, Giovanni De Munno, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve and Juan Faus, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01323D, Communication

Crystal structure and carrier transport properties of a new 3D mixed-valence Cu(I)–Cu(II) coordination polymer including pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate ligand

Takashi Okubo, Naoya Tanaka, Kyung Ho Kim, Haruho Anma, Shu Seki, Akinori Saeki, Masahiko Maekawa and Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01065K, Paper

Synthesis of PbSe nanowires: the impact of alkylphosphonic acid addition

Edward E. Foos, Thomas J. Zega, Joseph G. Tischler, Rhonda M. Stroud and Janice E. Boercker, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03074K, Paper

Fast-speed and high-gain photodetectors of individual single crystalline Zn₃P₂ nanowires

Peicai Wu, Yu Dai, Yu Ye, Yang Yin and Lun Dai, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02778B, Paper

Crystal chemistry and electrochemical properties of Ln(Sr,Ca)₃(Fe,Co)₃O₁₀ intergrowth oxide cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells

J.-H. Kim, K.-T. Lee, Y. N. Kim and A. Manthiram, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03230A, Paper

Enhancement of the cholesteric induction power by macrocyclization in liquid crystal dimers with a chiral spacer

Manabu Itoh, Masatoshi Tokita, Hiromitsu Hegi, Teruaki Hayakawa, Sungmin Kang and Junji Watanabe, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03161E, Communication

Flower-shaped PdI₂ nanomaterials with remarkable surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity

Lianmeng Wang, Lihua Wang, Enzhong Tan, Lidong Li, Lin Guo and Xiaodong Han, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02610G, Paper

Self assembled CdLa₂S₄ hexagon flowers, nanoprisms and nanowires: novel photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production

Bharat B. Kale, Jin-Ook Baeg, Ki-jeong Kong, Sang-Jin Moon, Latesh K. Nikam and Kashinath R. Patil, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02890H, Paper

Two chiral tetradecanuclear hydroxo-lanthanide clusters with luminescent and magnetic properties

Xi-Li Li, Lai-Fu He, Xiang-Li Feng, You Song, Min Hu, Li-Feng Han, Xian-Jun Zheng, Zhi-Hong Zhang and Shao-Ming Fang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00826E, Communication

Hydrogen bonding interactions with the thiocarbonyl π-system

Joseph T. Lenthall, Jonathan A. Foster, Kirsty M. Anderson, Michael R. Probert, Judith A. K. Howard and Jonathan W. Steed, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00680G, Paper

Precise tailoring of the crystal size distribution by controlled growth and continuous seeding from impinging jet crystallizers

Xing Yi Woo, Reginald B. H. Tan and Richard D. Braatz, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00637H, Paper

Crystal growth and characterization of RbTi_1−x−yYb_xNb_yOPO₄/RbTiOPO₄ (001) non-linear optical epitaxial layers

Jaume Cugat, Rosa Maria Solé, Joan J. Carvajal, Maria Cinta Pujol, Xavier Mateos, Francesc Díaz and Magdalena Aguiló, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00647E, Paper

Nucleation and growth kinetics estimation for L-phenylalanine hydrate and anhydrate crystallization

Nicholas C. S. Kee, Paul D. Arendt, Li May Goh, Reginald B. H. Tan and Richard D. Braatz, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00585A, Paper

Microwave-assisted synthesis of icosahedral nickel nanocrystals

Keith P. Donegan, Jeffrey F. Godsell, Joseph M. Tobin, Justin P. O’Byrne, David J. Otway, Michael A. Morris, Saibal Roy and Justin D. Holmes, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00759E, Paper

Structure and fluorescent properties of mercury(II) pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate coordination polymers tuned by ancillary ligands and alkaline-earth metal ions

Zilu Chen, Xuxian Wu, Suni Qin, Chaohai Lei and Fupei Liang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00624F, Paper

Controlled synthesis and tunable properties of hematite hierarchical structures in a dual-surfactant system

Lili Wang and Lian Gao, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00236D, Paper

Copper(II) metal–organic networks derived from bis(pyridylformyl)piperazine ligands and aromatic polycarboxylates: 2D layered structures and a novel 3,5-connected binodal 3D topology

Xiu-Li Wang, Hong-Yan Lin, Bao Mu, Ai-Xiang Tian, Guo-Cheng Liu and Ning-Hai Hu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00400F, Paper

Anisotropic growth of multi-twinned goethite particles by oriented aggregation

Hongchao Yang, Xuemei Zhou, Tengteng Tang, Xiaoying Qi, Chenxuan Wang, Jinyao Lan, Yinshu Wang, Yanlian Yang and Gang Liu, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 4007-4011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00437E, Communication

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