This week’s CrystEngSelects

28 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.

Three 2D Ag^I-framework isomers with helical structures controlled by the chirality of camphor-10-sulfonic acid

Peng Guo, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01384F, Paper

Dimerization of pentanuclear clusters [Fe₃Q(AsMe)(CO)₉] (Q = Se, Te) as a conversion pathway to novel cubane-like aggregates

Nikolay A. Pushkarevsky, Sergey N. Konchenko, Manfred Zabel, Michael Bodensteiner and Manfred Scheer, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01587C, Paper

Liquid crystalline amorphous blue phase and its large electrooptical Kerr effect

Khoa V. Le, Satoshi Aya, Yuji Sasaki, Hyunhee Choi, Fumito Araoka, Kenji Ema, Jozef Mieczkowski, Antal Jakli, Ken Ishikawa and Hideo Takezoe, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM04009F, Communication

Microwave-assisted gas/liquid interfacial synthesis of flowerlike NiO hollow nanosphere precursors and their application as supercapacitor electrodes

Chang-Yan Cao, Wei Guo, Zhi-Min Cui, Wei-Guo Song and Wei Cai, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03749D, Paper

Improved visible-light photocatalysis of nano-Bi₂Sn₂O₇ with dispersed s-bands

Jianjun Wu, Fuqiang Huang, Xujie Lü, Ping Chen, Dongyun Wan and Fangfang Xu, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03252B, Paper

Visible-light-response iodine-doped titanium dioxide nanocrystals for dye-sensitized solar cells

Qian Hou, Yanzhen Zheng, Jian-Feng Chen, Weilie Zhou, Jie Deng and Xia Tao, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03327H, Paper

Reversible photochemical control of cholesteric liquid crystals with a diamine-based diarylethene chiroptical switch

Thomas van Leeuwen, Thomas C. Pijper, Jetsuda Areephong, Ben L. Feringa, Wesley R. Browne and Nathalie Katsonis, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03626A, Paper

Polymorphic and mechanochromic luminescence modulation in the highly emissive dicyanodistyrylbenzene crystal: secondary bonding interaction in molecular stacking assembly

Seong-Jun Yoon and SooYoung Park, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03711G, Paper

Rapid synthesis of quasi-spherical (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ nanocrystals via a microwave-activated glycothermal approach

Yang Xiaowei, Zeng Yanwei, Mo Leiqing and Han Longxiang, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02689A, Paper

Spongy structure of CdS nanocrystals decorated with dye molecules for semiconductor sensitized solar cells

Tao Ling, Ming-Ke Wu, Kai-Yang Niu, Jing Yang, Zhi-Ming Gao, Jing Sun and Xi-Wen Du, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03530K, Paper

Wurtzite Cu₂ZnSnS₄ nanocrystals: a novel quaternary semiconductor

Xiaotang Lu, Zhongbin Zhuang, Qing Peng and Yadong Li, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05064D, Communication

[WS₄Cu₃I₂]⁻ and [WS₄Cu₄]²⁺ secondary building units formed a metal–organic framework: Large tubes in a highly interpenetrated system

Zhen-Zhong Lu, Rui Zhang, Yi-Zhi Li, Zi-Jian Guo and He-Gen Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05015F, Communication

Spontaneous enrichment of one-handed helices by dissolution of quasiracemic crystals of a tetranuclear single helical complex

Shigehisa Akine, Sayaka Hotate, Takashi Matsumoto and Tatsuya Nabeshima, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04998K, Communication

A nanoporous metal–organic framework with accessible Cu²⁺ sites for the catalytic Henry reaction

Lian-Xu Shi and Chuan-De Wu, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05074A, Communication

Anomalous oriented attachment growth behavior on SnO₂ nanocrystals

Daniel G. Stroppa, Luciano A. Montoro, Armando Beltrán, Tiago G. Conti, Rafael O. da Silva, Juan Andrés, Edson R. Leite and Antonio J. Ramirez, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04570E, Communication

Tuning the light absorption of a molecular vanadium oxide system for enhanced photooxidation performance

Johannes Forster, Benedikt Rösner, Marat M. Khusniyarov and Carsten Streb, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05536K, Communication

An unprecedented 3D 8-connected pure inorganic framework based on nanosized {[Na₁₂PO₁₆H₂₄]⊂[P₄Mo₆O₃₁H₆]₄}¹⁵⁻ clusters and zinc cations

Dong-Ying Du, Jun-Sheng Qin, Yang-Guang Li, Shun-Li Li, Ya-Qian Lan, Xin-Long Wang, Kui-Zhan Shao, Zhong-Min Su and En-Bo Wang, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04343E, Communication

Synthesis of CdS nanorods and nanospheres: shape tuning by the controlled addition of a sulfide precursor at room temperature

T. Shanmugapriya, R. Vinayakan, K. George Thomas and P. Ramamurthy, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00374C, Paper

Syntheses, crystal structures, thermal stabilities, magnetism and luminescence of two 3D metal phosphonates

Ruibiao Fu, Shengmin Hu and Xintao Wu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00791A, Paper

A new hydrogen bonding motif involved in self-recognition in the solid state by functionalised macrocycles

Lydia Brelot, Xiao-yu Cao, Jack Harrowfield, Jean-Marie Lehn, Kari Rissanen and Luca Russo, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00814A, Paper

Surface plasmon enhanced ultraviolet emission and observation of random lasing from self-assembly Zn/ZnO composite nanowires

Wei Tang, Dongliang Huang, Lili Wu, Chaozhong Zhao, Lingling Xu, Hong Gao, Xitian Zhang and Weibo Wang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00710B, Paper

Growth mechanism and cathodoluminescence properties of indium hydroxide nanocubes synthesized from a simple aqueous solution

Sen-Tsun Jean and Yung-Chiun Her, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00480D, Paper

Anion directed supramolecular architectures of silver(I) complexes with 1,3-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene and a reversible, solvent-induced structural change during a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation

Liliana Dobrzańska, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00469C, Paper

Solvent-controlled synthesis of three-dimensional TiO₂ nanostructures via a one-step solvothermal route

Jing Zhou, Gaoling Zhao, Bin Song and Gaorong Han, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00793E, Paper

Hydrothermal synthesis, growth mechanism, and properties of three-dimensional micro/nanoscaled hierarchical architecture films of hemimorphite zinc silicate

Yangang Sun, Rujia Zou, Qiwei Tian, Jianghong Wu, Zhigang Chen and Junqing Hu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00600A, Paper

Anion-controlled assemblies of C–HO hydrogen bonded grid, stair or bilayer structures by L-shaped pyridinium salts