CrystEngComm Blog

Here is this month’s selection of Advance Articles and Accepted Manuscripts of interest to crystal engineers across RSC Journals

Articles are chosen from:
ChemComm,
Chemical Science,
CrystEngComm,
Dalton Transactions,
Journal of Materials Chemistry,
Nanoscale,
New Journal of Chemistry,
RSC Advances.

Reversible luminescence switching between single and dual emission of a bipyridinium-type organic crystals
Jie Zhang
Chem. Commun., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35685F, Communication

Nanocrystalline iron oxide synthesised within Hierarchical Porous Silica prepared by nanoemulsion templating
Manal Hessien, Philippe Léone, Michel Suchaud, Bénédicte LeBeau, Habiba Nouali, Yannick Guari and Eric Prouzet
Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34496C, Communication

Tuning sub-10 nm single-phase NaMnF₃ nanocrystals as ultrasensitive hosts for pure intense fluorescence and excellent T₁ magnetic resonance imaging
Yan Zhang, Jing Dong Lin, Vimalan Vijayaragavan, Kishore K. Bhakoo and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan
Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34858F, Communication

Metal–organic frameworks constructed from flexible V-shaped ligands: adjustment of the topology, interpenetration and porosity via a solvent system
Qingxiang Yang, Xingqiu Chen, Zhijun Chen, Ying Hao, Yizhi Li, Qingyi Lu and Hegen Zheng
Chem. Commun., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35340G, Communication

Nucleation and growth of metal on nanoelectrodes
Jeyavel Velmurugan, Jean-Marc Noël, Wojciech Nogala and Michael V. Mirkin
Chem. Sci., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21005C, Edge Article

Synthesis and characterization of isostructural cadmium zeolitic imidazolate frameworks via solvent-assisted linker exchange
Olga Karagiaridi, Wojciech Bury, Amy A. Sarjeant, Charlotte L. Stern, Omar K. Farha and Joseph T. Hupp
Chem. Sci., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20558K, Edge Article

Halogen bonding at work: recent applications in synthetic chemistry and materials science
Franck Meyer and Philippe Dubois
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26150B, Highlight

Infrared investigation of barite and gypsum crystallization: Evidence for an amorphous to crystalline transition
Franca Jones
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25918D, Paper

Piezoelectric glass-ceramics produced via oriented growth of Sr₂TiSi₂O₈ fresnoite: thermal annealing of surface modified quenched glasses
Marek Patschger, Wolfgang Wisniewski and Christian Rüssel
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25933H, Paper

The structure–property relationship of four crystal forms of rifaximin
Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Laura Chelazzi, Manuela Campana, Donatella Confortini and Giuseppe C. Viscomi
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25920F, Paper

Cocrystals of 5-Fluorouracil
Amit Delori, William Jones and Mark David Eddleston
CrystEngComm, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26147B, Paper

Evaluation of molecular crystal structures using Full Interaction Maps
Peter Andrew Wood, Tjelvar S. G. Olsson, Jason C. Cole, Simon J. Cottrell, Neil Feeder, Peter Galek, Colin R Groom and Elna Pidcock
CrystEngComm, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25849H, Paper

Crystal and electronic structures of metallic Ba₂Pd₅Ge₄
Bayrammurad Saparov, David S. Parker and Athena S. Sefat
Dalton Trans., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31744C, Paper

A simple route for synthesis of PbSe nanocrystals: shape control by ligand and reaction time
Honghong Fu, Weiling Luan and Shan-Tung Tu
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30962A, Paper

Cis–trans isomerism in diphenoxido bridged dicopper complexes: role of crystallized water to stabilize the cis isomer, variation in magnetic properties and conversion of both into a trinuclear species
Apurba Biswas, Michael G. B. Drew, Carmen Diaz, Antonio Bauzá, Antonio Frontera and Ashutosh Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31277H, Paper

Facile synthesis and up-conversion properties of monodisperse rare earth fluoride nanocrystals
Shili Gai, Guixin Yang, Xingbo Li, Chunxia Li, Yunlu Dai, Fei He and Piaoping Yang
Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30954H, Paper

Crystal and electronic structures of metallic Ba₂Pd₅Ge₄
Bayrammurad Saparov, David S. Parker and Athena S. Sefat
Dalton Trans., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31744C, Paper

Design and Synthesis of Photostable Multi-shell Cd-free Nanocrystal Quantum Dots for LED Applications
Kyungnam Kim, Chang-Soo Han and Sohee Jeong
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM33962E, Communication

Heterogeneous Nucleation of Protein Crystals Using Nanoporous Gold Nucleants
Felicitee Kertis, Sahir Khurshid, Oya Okman, Jeffrey W Kysar, Lata Govada, Naomi Chayen and Jonah Erlebacher
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM34527G, Paper

High-quality Fe-doped TiO₂ films with superior visible-light performance
Ren Su, Ralf Bechstein, Jakob Kibsgaard, Ronnie T. Vang and Flemming Besenbacher
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JM34298G, Paper

Local boron environment in B-doped nanocrystalline diamond films
Stuart Turner, Ying-Gang Lu, Stoffel D. Janssens, Fabiana Da Pieve, Dirk Lamoen, Jo Verbeeck, Ken Haenen, Patrick Wagner and Gustaaf Van Tendeloo
Nanoscale, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31530K, Paper

Tuning enantioselectivity for crystallization-induced asymmetric synthesis of a conglomerating oxo-rhenium(V) complex
Witold K. Rybak and Anna Skarżyńska
New J. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40510E, Letter

Adventures in co-crystal land: high Z′, stoichiometric variations, polymorphism and phase transitions in the co-crystals of four liquid and solid cyclic carboxylic acids with the supramolecular reagent isonicotinamide
Andreas Lemmerer and Manuel A. Fernandes
New J. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40186J, Paper

From 3D channelled frameworks to 2D layered structures in molecular salts of L-serine and DL-serine with oxalic acid
Dario Braga, Laura Chelazzi, Iacopo Ciabatti and Fabrizia Grepioni
New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40379J, Paper

Facile synthesis of palladium nanowires by a soft templating method
Prem Felix Siril, Anaïs Lehoux, Laurence Ramos, Patricia Beaunier and Hynd Remita
New J. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40342K, Paper

How good are the crystallisation methods for co-crystals? A comparative study of piroxicam
Katharina Fucke, Svetlana A. Myz, Tatyana P. Shakhtshneider, Elena V. Boldyreva and Ulrich J. Griesser
New J. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40093F, Paper

Generation of Inorganic-Organic Core-Shell Crystalline Nanoparticles of Silver and p-Hydroxyacetanilide
Arun Chattopadhyay and Subhojit Das
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21264A, Paper

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Properties of a Novel Framework Aluminium Diphosphonate
Martin Attfield
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21930A, Paper

Shape-controlled synthesis of CdCO₃ microcrystals and corresponding nanoporous CdO architectures
Yong Jia
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21103C, Paper

Facile synthesis and gas-sensing properties of monodisperse α-Fe₂O₃ discoid crystals
Peng Sun and Geyu Lu
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21445H, Paper

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