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.
Composition and size tailored synthesis of iron selenide nanoflakes
Liqiao Chen, Hongquan Zhan, Xianfeng Yang, Zhaoyong Sun, Jun Zhang, Dan Xu, Chaolun Liang, Mingmei Wu and Jiye Fang,
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C005097K, Paper
Crystal synthesis of 1,4-phenylenediamine salts and coordination networks
Christopher J. Adams, Mairi F. Haddow, Matteo Lusi and A. Guy Orpen,
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00020E, Paper
Influence of the solvent of crystallization on the orientational disorder of (trans)-4-chloro-4′-nitrostilbene
Norwid-Rasmus Behrnd, Gaël Labat, Paloth Venugopalan, Jürg Hulliger and Hans-Beat Bürgi
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/B926652F, Paper
Spontaneous resolution of a new diphosphonate-functionalized polyoxomolybdate
Hua-Qiao Tan, Wei-Lin Chen, Ding Liu, Yang-Guang Li and En-Bo Wang
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00104J, Communication
N,N′-Dihexylbenzimidazolium salts. Anion-controlled bilayer structures via π–π dimer or C–Hπ catemer motifs
Kwang-Ming Lee, Ching-Kuan Lee and Ivan J. B. Lin
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00105H, Paper
Controlled hydrothermal synthesis of β-BBO plates for detection of second harmonic generation
C. Lu and R. H. Lipson
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00029A, Paper
Two new coordination polymers with multiform helical features based on flexible dithioether ligands and CuCN: from self-penetrating to 3-fold interpenetrating structures
Lei Hou, Wen-Juan Shi, Yao-Yu Wang, Bo Liu, Wen-Huan Huang and Qi-Zhen Shi
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00167H, Paper
In situ 2,5-pyrazinedicarboxylate and oxalate ligands synthesis leading to a microporous europium–organic framework capable of selective sensing of small molecules
Deyun Ma, Weixia Wang, Yingwei Li, Jing Li, Carole Daiguebonne, Guillaume Calvez and Olivier Guillou
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00135J, Paper
Crystal engineering studies on the salts of trans-4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylic acid in the context of solid state [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction
Goutam Kumar Kole, Geok Kheng Tan and Jagadese J. Vittal
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00224K, Paper
Hirshfeld surface analysis of phosphonium salts
Irene Ling, Yatimah Alias, Alexandre N. Sobolev and Colin L. Raston
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C002832K, Paper
Syntheses and conversions of dinuclear cadmium(II) compounds containing N2O/N2O2 donor tridentate/tetradentate asymmetrical Schiff base ligands
Hua-Cai Fang, Ying-Ying Ge, Yin Ying, Sheng-Run Zheng, Qing-Guang Zhan, Zheng-Yuan Zhou, Li Chen and Yue-Peng Cai
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00177E, Communication
Controlling the three-dimensional morphology of nanocrystals
Hugo A. Day, Dorota Bartczak, Natasha Fairbairn, Eva Mcguire, Mahmoud Ardakani, Alexandra E. Porter and Antonios G. Kanaras
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00264J, Paper
Remarkable reversal of melting point alternation by co-crystallization
Dario Braga, Elena Dichiarante, Giuseppe Palladino, Fabrizia Grepioni, Michele R. Chierotti, Roberto Gobetto and Luca Pellegrino
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00253D, Communication
Top-seeded solution growth and characterization of PMN–0.31PT piezoelectric single crystals
Qinghua Lu, Xifa Long and Yuehua Hu
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C002491K, Paper
Single molecule magnet behaviour in robust dysprosium–biradical complexes
Kevin Bernot, Fabrice Pointillart, Patrick Rosa, Mael Etienne, Roberta Sessoli and Dante Gatteschi
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00966K, Communication
Pseudomorphic synthesis of mesoporous zeolite Y crystals
Robin Chal, Thomas Cacciaguerra, Sander van Donk and Corine Gérardin
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02073G, Communication
Fabrication of uniform anatase TiO2 particles exposed by {001} facets
Xue Yan Ma, Zhi Gang Chen, Sandy Budi Hartono, Hai Bo Jiang, Jin Zou, Shi Zhang Qiao and Hua Gui Yang
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01473G, Communication
Fe3O4-in-silica super crystal of defined interstices for single protein molecules entrapment under magnetic flux
Lin Ye, Chih Hao Yu, PengJu Jiang, Lin Qiu, Olivia T.W. Ng, Ken K.L. Yung, Heyong He and Shik Chi Tsang
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01958E, Communication
Bioinspired fabrication of 3D hierarchical porous nanomicrostructures of calcium carbonate for bone regeneration
Hai-Dong Yu, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Khin Yin Win, Jerry Chan, Swee Hin Teoh and Ming-Yong Han
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01348J, Communication
Fabrication of novel hierarchically ordered porous magnetic nanocomposites for bio-catalysis
Tapas Sen, Ian James Bruce and Tim Mercer
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01747G, Communication
Synthesis of a mesoporous single crystal Ga2O3 nanoplate with improved photoluminescence and high sensitivity in detecting CO
Shicheng Yan, Lijuan Wan, Zhaosheng Li, Yong Zhou and Zhigang Zou
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01579B, Communication
Aerobic oxidation of thiols to disulfides using iron metal–organic frameworks as solid redox catalysts
Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Mercedes Alvaro and Hermenegildo Garcia
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02210A, Communication
Controllable formation of defect-rich Pd and Pd–Ag bimetallic nanocrystals through coalescence mechanism
Zhaoliang Zheng, Shuiying Gao, Hongfang Li and Rong Cao
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01157F, Communication
Solid–liquid interface synthesis of microcrystalline porous coordination networks
Javier Martí-Rujas, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Fujio Izumi, Makoto Fujita and Masaki Kawano
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01141J, Communication
Cellular and in vivo toxicity of functionalized nanodiamond in Xenopus embryos
Lionel Marcon, Franck Riquet, Dorothée Vicogne, Sabine Szunerits, Jean-François Bodart and Rabah Boukherroub
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01570A, Paper
Synthesis and spectroscopic studies of chiral CdSe quantum dots
Shane A. Gallagher, Mícheál P. Moloney, Michal Wojdyla, Susan J. Quinn, John M. Kelly and Yurii K. Gun’ko
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01185A, Paper
The ultrafast sonochemical synthesis of mesoporous silica MCM-41
Shanmugam Vetrivel, Ching-Ting Chen and Hsien-Ming Kao
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00379D, Letter
New heterometallic coordination polymers constructed from 3d–3d′ binuclear nodes
Diana G. Branzea, Augustin M. Madalan, Samuele Ciattini, Narcis Avarvari, Andrea Caneschi and Marius Andruh
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00238K, Paper
MOFs, MILs and more: concepts, properties and applications for porous coordination networks (PCNs)
Christoph Janiak and Jana K. Vieth
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00275E, Perspective
Controllable reflection properties of nanocomposite photonic crystals constructed by semiconductor nanocrystallites and natural periodic bio-matrices
Jie Han, Huilan Su, Fang Song, Di Zhang and Zhixin Chen
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00103A, Paper
Hydrophobic iron oxide and CdSe/ZnS nanocrystal loaded polyglutamate/polyelectrolyte micro- and nanocapsules
Xinrong Teng, Hongting Pu, Helmuth Möhwald and Jinyu Sui
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00232A, Paper
Lanthanide doped Y6O5F8/YF3 microcrystals: phase-tunable synthesis and bright white upconversion photoluminescence properties
Song Wang, Ruiping Deng, Hailing Guo, Shuyan Song, Feng Cao, Xiyan Li, Shengqun Su and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00446D, Paper
Reversible single-crystal to single-crystal transformations in a Hg(II) derivative. 1D-polymeric chain 2D-networking as a function of temperature
Shaikh M. Mobin, Ashwini K. Srivastava, Pradeep Mathur and Goutam Kumar Lahiri
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00085J, Paper
Re-determination of the structure of an anionic oxo-vanadium arsenate framework
V. Soghomonian, C. Slebodnick and E. C. Spencer
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00683A, Paper
2-Pyridyl selenolates of antimony and bismuth: Synthesis, characterization, structures and their use as single source molecular precursor for the preparation of metal selenide nanostructures and thin films
Rakesh K. Sharma, G. Kedarnath, Vimal K. Jain, Amey Wadawale, Manoj Nalliath, C. G. S. Pillai and B. Vishwanadh
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00263A, Paper
