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Top ten most accessed articles in December

26 Jan 2012

This month sees the following articles in CrystEngComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Some thoughts about the single crystal growth of small molecules
Bernhard Spingler, Stephan Schnidrig, Tonya Todorova and Ferdinand Wild
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 751-757 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05624G

Framework dimensionality of copper(i) coordination polymers of 4,4′-bipyrimidine controlled by anions and solvents
Masahiko Maekawa, Toshi Tominaga, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Takashi Okubo, Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Megumu Munakata and Susumu Kitagawa
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1345-1353 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06328F

Two novel 2D cadmium(ii) MOFs based on flexible bis(imidazolyl) and zwitterionic dicarboxylate ligands
Xiaoju Li, Xiaofang Guo, XiuLan Weng and Shen Lin
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1412-1418 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06216F

Three unprecedented open frameworks based on a pyridyl-carboxylate: synthesis, structures and properties
Shengqun Su, Wan Chen, Xuezhi Song, Min Zhu, Chao Qin, Shuyan Song, Zhiyong Guo, Song Wang, Zhaoming Hao, Guanghua Li and Hongjie Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE05948G

New compounds constructed from polyoxometalates and transition metal coordination complexes with lower positive charge
Yan Wang, Yu Peng, Li-Na Xiao, Yang-Yang Hu, La-Mei Wang, Zhong-Min Gao, Tie-Gang Wang, Feng-Qing Wu, Xiao-Bing Cui and Ji-Qing Xu
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1049-1056 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05633F

3D-hierarchical SnS2 micro/nano-structures: controlled synthesis, formation mechanism and lithium ion storage performances
Jiantao Zai, Xuefeng Qian, Kaixue Wang, Chao Yu, Liqi Tao, Yinglin Xiao and Jiesheng Chen
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1364-1375 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05950E

Auxiliary ligand-directed synthesis of cadmium(ii) and zinc(ii) complexes from 1-D chains to 3-D architectures with 5-nitroisophthalate
Xinyi Lu, Junwei Ye, Wei Li, Weitao Gong, Lijian Yang, Yuan Lin and Guiling Ning
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1337-1344 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06268A

Homochiral assembly of polycatenated bilayers with mixing achiral ligands
Juan Liu, Yan-Xi Tan, Fei Wang, Yao Kang and Jian Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 789-791 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06297F

Conformation variation of tris(2-carboxyethyl)isocyanuric acid induced by cocrystallized N-heterocyclic organic molecules
Fangna Dai, Di Sun, Wenming Sun, Yun-Qi Liu and Daofeng Sun
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1376-1381 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06209C

Assembly of four d10-metal inorganic–organic hybrid coordination polymers based on bipyrazine imine-based ligand: Synthesis, crystal structures and luminescent properties
Yan Bai, Jun-Li Wang, Dong-Bin Dang, Meng-Meng Li and Jing-Yang Niu
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06030A

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HOT Paper: Supramolecular synthon preference rules in cocrystals

24 Jan 2012

A study into the cocrystals of different cis-carboxamides with carboxylic acids has analysed the tetrameric motifs that occur. Read the paper while it is free to find out the synthon rules that Cruz-Cabeza and colleagues have come up with:

Synthon preferences in cocrystals of cis-carboxamides:carboxylic acids
Alaina M. Moragues-Bartolome, William Jones and Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza
CrystEngComm, 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06241K

This is yet another Hot article from the themed issue on crystal engineering in the pharmaceutical industry that will be published later in the year.

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Happy Chinese New Year

23 Jan 2012

The CrystEngComm team wishes you success in the Year of the Dragon, and we hope that you enjoy your New Year holiday.

In celebration we have made these recently promoted CrystEngComm Hot articles free to read for the whole of February:

Investigation on the influence of cerium doping form on the luminescence properties of Lu0.8Sc0.2BO3 scintillation crystals
Yuntao Wu, Guohao Ren, Dongzhou Ding, Fan Yang and Shangke Pan
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06332H

Large organic single crystal sheets grown from the gas–liquid and gas–liquid–solid interface
Hui Shang, Huan Wang, Na Gao, Fangzhong Shen, Xianjie Li and Yuguang Ma
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05989K

Three novel organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on decaoxovanadates obtained from a new liquid phase reaction
Yao-Kang Lv, Zhan-Guo Jiang, Li-Hua Gan, Ming-Xian Liu and Yun-Long Feng
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05605K

Copper sulfide cages wholly exposed with nanotwinned building blocks
Shaodong Sun, Xiaoping Song, Chuncai Kong, Dongchu Deng and Zhimao Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06135F

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Nanorods in minutes

23 Jan 2012

PbSe nanorods have been successfully made by solution–liquid–solid (SLS) growth of PbSe nanocrystals. This growth was followed by oriented attachment of adjacent PbSe nanoparticles. The team from South Korea who carried out this synthesis used Bi catalysts dispersed in the precursor solution to make these nanocrystals thereby reducing the time and temperature taken to produce them.

Enhanced formation of PbSe nanorods via combined solution–liquid–solid growth and oriented attachment
Min-Seok Kim and Yun-Mo Sung
CrystEngComm, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06353K

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Hot Article: Doping scintillation crystals

23 Jan 2012

Cerium is an interesting element for luminescence, however only Ce³⁺ ions give rise to fast luminescence because the charge transfer transition in Ce⁴⁺ is spin-forbidden. Ce-doped lutetium scandium orthoborate (Lu_0.8Sc_0.2BO₃:Ce) has potential application in gamma-ray detection and in this Hot Article by Yuntao Wu and Guohao Ren et al. (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) the oxidation state of the Ce ions is investigated.

The study on single crystals of Lu_0.8Sc_0.2BO₃:Ce utilizes XANES based on new generation synchrotron radiation. The research team were able to discover the influence cerium doping has on the luminescence mechanism and the type of point defect in Lu_0.8Sc_0.2BO₃:Ce crystals.

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Investigation on the influence of cerium doping form on the luminescence properties of Lu_0.8Sc_0.2BO₃ scintillation crystals
Yuntao Wu, Guohao Ren, Dongzhou Ding, Fan Yang and Shangke Pan
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06332H, Paper

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CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript!

17 Jan 2012

CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript! Read it here now……

On the origin of the electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) β–phase nucleation by ferrite nanoparticles via surface electrostatic interactions
Pedro Martins, Carlos M Costa, Maria Benelmekki, Gabriela Botelho and Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
CrystEngComm, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06654H

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January Crystal Clear: Evolution of a cube

17 Jan 2012

This months Crystal Clear shows a near perfect rhombic dodecahedron from Janosch Cravillon, Michael Wiebcke and colleagues at the Leibniz Universitat Hannover in their article published in Issue 2 of CrystEngComm.

The team have investigated crystal morphology of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) using a solvothermal synthesis in methanol solvent. By modulating the crystallisation process using a simple monodentate ligand they were able to study the crystal morphology with time, discovering via intermediate steps the initially cubic crystals become rhombic dodecahedra as displayed in this striking SEM image.

You can see the team’s images of the crystal evolution and read their findings on modulation and the parameters which affect it in their paper below.

Formate modulated solvothermal synthesis of ZIF-8 investigated using time-resolved in situ X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy
Janosch Cravillon, Christian A. Schröder, Helge Bux, André Rothkirch, Jürgen Caro and Michael Wiebcke
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 492-498
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06002C

If you’re interested in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks there is also this article on the application of ZIF-9 in catalysis. (All articles in Catalysis Science & Technology are free to access for the duration of 2012).

Metal–organic frameworks for catalysis: the Knoevenagel reaction using zeolite imidazolate framework ZIF-9 as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst
Lien T. L. Nguyen, Ky K. A. Le, Hien X. Truong and Nam T. S. Phan
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00386K

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HOT Paper: Exploring co-crystals to increase efficacy of HIV drug

12 Jan 2012

Co-crystallisation of nevirapine with maleic acid lead to around a fivefold increase in the aqueous solubility of the drug.

Mino Caira and colleagues have created co-crystals of nevirapine (an antiretroviral drug) with maleic acid that could improve the aqueous solubility of the drug. Their success was a result of exploiting several hydrogen-bonding functionalities in nevirapine, in particular (but not exclusively) its rigid amide group.

Read their paper to find out more – its currently free.

Co-crystals of the antiretroviral nevirapine: crystal structures, thermal analysis and dissolution behaviour
Mino R. Caira, Susan A. Bourne, Halima Samsodien, Emile Engel, Wilna Liebenberg, Nicole Stieger and Marique Aucamp
CrystEngComm, 2012
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06507J

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Hot Highlight: Porous organic molecular materials

11 Jan 2012

Metal–organic frameworks are materials containing coordination bonds between organic linkers and metal ions or clusters, exclusion of guest molecules in the structure can create a highly porous material with potential for gas storage, gas separation or catalysis. Other well studied nanoporous materials include zeolites, metal oxide molecular sieves, silica gels, activated carbons, covalent organic frameworks and organic network polymers.

This highlight from Jian Tian, Praveen K. Thallapally and B Peter McGrail from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reviews a very different class of nanoporous material, those comprised entirely of discrete organic molecules containing only weak non-covalent interactions. Often there is very close packing in the crystals (with voids or channels rarely exceeding 25 Angstroms) but under the right conditions solvents can be included within the structure in zero, one, two or three dimensional solvent accessible voids.

If the solvent can be easily removed from the structure highly porous crystalline materials can be made from organic compounds, the difficulty however is that upon desolvation the crystals often collapse into closely packed structures. This review discusses a wide range of structures which have been found to be stable as porous organic molecular materials, including crystalline structures with voids and amorphous solids with interconnected disordered pores. Read the CrystEngComm Hot Article (which is free to access for 4 weeks) for more details.

Porous organic molecular materials
Jian Tian, Praveen K. Thallapally and B Peter McGrail
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06457J, Highlight

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2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering

11 Jan 2012

Christer Aakeroy, co-Vice Chair of the GRC

The 2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering is taking place this year from June 10-15, 2012 at Waterville Valley Resort, NH, USA. This GRC will be chaired by Robin Rogers, with co-Vice-Chairs Mike Zaworotko and CrystEngComm Associate Editor, Christer Aakeroy. The meeting will also include a new and exciting Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) in which only students and postdocs may present or lead discussions. More information is available on the GRC website.

The 2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering follows the highly successful first ever GRC on Crystal Engineering (2010) which had over 160 international participants. Read about my experience at the excellent 2010 GRC in this editorial.

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CrystEngComm Blog

Archive for 2012

Top ten most accessed articles in December

HOT Paper: Supramolecular synthon preference rules in cocrystals

Happy Chinese New Year

Nanorods in minutes

Hot Article: Doping scintillation crystals

CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript!

January Crystal Clear: Evolution of a cube

HOT Paper: Exploring co-crystals to increase efficacy of HIV drug

Hot Highlight: Porous organic molecular materials

2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering

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