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.
Uranyl triazolate formation via an in situ Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction
Karah E. Knope and Christopher L. Cahill
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00231C, Paper
Facile on-demand oriented growth of perovskite oxide thin films: applications of Dion–Jacobson phase as seed layer
Tomohiko Nakajima, Tetsuo Tsuchiya and Toshiya Kumagai
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00220H, Paper
A facile approach to PbS nanoflowers and their shape-tunable single crystal hollow nanostructures: Morphology evolution
Yingnan Wang, Quanqin Dai, Xinyi Yang, Bo Zou, Dongmei Li, Bingbing Liu, Michael Z. Hu and Guangtian Zou
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C004459H, Paper
Self-assembly and solvent-mediated structural transformation of one-dimensional cluster-based coordination polymer
Jian-Jun Zhang, Cynthia S. Day and Abdessadek Lachgar
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C004119J, Paper
Enhanced electrochemical catalytic activity of new nickel hydroxide nanostructures with (100) facet
Xiaojun Zhang, Aixia Gu, Guangfeng Wang, Bin Fang, Qingyu Yan, Jixin Zhu, Ting Sun, Jan Ma and Huey Hoon Hng
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C003791P, Paper
Sonochemical selective synthesis of ZnO/CdS core/shell nanostructures and their optical properties
Jun Geng, Xiang-Dong Jia and Jun-Jie Zhu
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00180E, Paper
Facile synthesis of hierarchically superstructured praseodymium benzenetricarboxylate with controllable morphologies
Kai Liu, Yuhua Zheng, Guang Jia, Mei Yang, Yeju Huang and Hongpeng You
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00211A, Paper
A new family of 3D heterometallic 3d–4f organodisulfonate complexes based on the linkages of 2D [Ln(nds)(H2O)]+ layers and [Cu(ina)2]− chains
Wenjing Liu, Zhaoyang Li, Ning Wang, Xiaoxu Li, Zhiqiang Wei, Shantang Yue and Yingliang Liu
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00077A, Paper
Mixed-metal complex [Fe(bipe)(Au(CN)2)2·MeOH] with gold clusters: a novel two-dimensional polyrotaxane net clipped by aurophilic interaction
Haitao Xu, Gergely Juhász, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Masashi Takahashi, Shinji Kanegawa and Osamu Sato
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00376J, Communication
Room temperature synthesis of zinc hydroxystannate hollow core-shell microspheres and their hydrothermal growth of hollow core-shell polyhedral microcrystals
Hai Fan, Shiyun Ai and Peng Ju
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00050G, Paper
A new shape of gold nanocrystals: singly twinned squashed dodecahedron
Dawei Wang, Yang Liu and Tianyan You
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00096E, Communication
Hydrothermal preparation and photoelectrochemical performance of size-controlled SnO2 nanorod arrays
Ya-Li Wang, Min Guo, Mei Zhang and Xi-Dong Wang
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00201A, Communication
Unique (H2O)14 water cages with cyclic (H2O)4 tetramer unit trapped in 3D porous lanthanide–cyclohexanetetracarboxylate frameworks
Yong-Cong Ou, Zhuo-jia Lin and Ming-Liang Tong
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C004258G, Communication
Shape controlled synthesis of tadpole-like and heliotrope seed-like AgInS2 nanocrystals
Xiaomin Li, Jin Zhong Niu, Huaibin Shen, Weiwei Xu, Hongzhe Wang and Lin Song Li
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00025F, Paper
Towards polymorphism control in coordination networks and metallo-organic salts
Christopher J. Adams, Amy L. Gillon, Matteo Lusi and A. Guy Orpen
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00230E, Paper
Directing semiconductor nanorod assembly into 1D or 2D supercrystals by altering the surface charge
Ajay Singh, Robert D. Gunning, Ambarish Sanyal and Kevin M. Ryan
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01455A, Communication
A novel surfactant-free route to MnCO3 steep rhombohedra crystals and their large-scale assembly into regular elongated patterns in a mixed solvent
Xiaochuan Duan, Jianmin Ma, Jiabiao Lian, Tongil Kim and Wenjun Zheng
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01363C, Communication
Self-assembled organic–inorganic hybrid silica with ionic liquid framework: a novel support for the catalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of imines using Yb(OTf)3–pybox catalyst
Babak Karimi, Aziz Maleki, Dawood Elhamifar, James H. Clark and Andrew J. Hunt
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01426E, Communication
Controlled production of polymer microspheres from microgel-stabilized high internal phase emulsions
Zifu Li, Xiaoling Wei and To Ngai
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02106G, Communication
Controlled growth of inorganic nanocrystals: size and surface effects of nuclei
Shuling Shen and Xun Wang
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00900H, Feature Article
First Fe(II)-based cyano-bridged single molecule magnet [CrIIIFeII2] with a large anisotropy
Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Bing-Wu Wang, Osamu Sato and Song Gao
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01581D, Communication
Chromium-assisted synthesis of platinum nanocube electrocatalysts
Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Paul Chang, Jin Luo, Bin Fang, Derrick Mott, In-Tae Bae, H. Richard Naslund, Mark H. Engelhard and Chuan-Jian Zhong
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01379J, Communication
A facile two step synthesis of novel chrysanthemum-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles for controlled pyrene release
Haijiao Zhang, Zhiyong Li, Panpan Xu, Ruofei Wu and Zheng Jiao
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01673J, Communication
A rod packing microporous metal–organic framework with open metal sites for selective guest sorption and sensing of nitrobenzene
Zhangjing Zhang, Shengchang Xiang, Xingtang Rao, Qian Zheng, Frank R. Fronczek, Guodong Qian and Banglin Chen
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01236J, Communication
Aqueous-phase synthesis of monodisperse plasmonic gold nanocrystals using shortened single-walled carbon nanotubes
Jin-Woo Kim, Hyung-Mo Moon, Mourad Benamara, Joshua Sakon, Gregory J. Salamo and Vladimir P. Zharov
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00218F, Communication
Mystery of the transformation from amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite
Haihua Pan, Xiang Yang Liu, Ruikang Tang and Hong Yao Xu
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00971G, Communication
Large pore phenylene-bridged mesoporous organosilica with bicontinuous cubic Iad (KIT-6) mesostructure
Wanping Guo, Freddy Kleitz, Kanghee Cho and Ryong Ryoo
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01518K, Paper
Controlling zeolite structures and morphologies using polymer networks
Jianfeng Yao, Yi Huang and Huanting Wang
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01003K, Highlight
Lithium storage in a metal organic framework with diamondoid topology – a case study on metal formates
Kuppan Saravanan, Mangayarkarasi Nagarathinam, Palani Balaya and Jagadese J. Vittal
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01671C, Paper
Assembly of magnetite nanocrystals into spherical mesoporous aggregates with a 3-D wormhole-like pore structure
Byong Yong Yu and Seung-Yeop Kwak
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01274B, Paper
Visible light responsive bismuth niobate photocatalyst: enhanced contaminant degradation and hydrogen generation
Lu Wang, Wenzhong Wang, Meng Shang, Songmei Sun, Wenzong Yin, Jia Ren and Jing Zhou
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01669A, Paper
Layer-by-layer assembly of freestanding thin films with homogeneously distributed upconversion nanocrystals
Ying Bao, Quoc Anh N. Luu, Cuikun Lin, John M. Schloss, P. Stanley May and Chaoyang Jiang
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01602K, Paper
Controlled synthesis of PbS–Au nanostar–nanoparticle heterodimers and cap-like Au nanoparticles
Nana Zhao, Lianshan Li, Teng Huang and Limin Qi
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00385A, Paper
Aqueous-based route toward noble metal nanocrystals: morphology-controlled synthesis and their applications
Qiang Yuan and Xun Wang
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00342E, Review
Design of 3-D europium(III)–organic frameworks based on pyridine carboxylate N-oxide and acyclic binary carboxylate: syntheses, structures, and luminescence properties
Lijuan Zhang, Donghua Xu, Yunshan Zhou and Fei Jiang
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00373E, Paper
Metalla-macro-tricyclic cryptands: anion encapsulation and selective separation of sulfate via in situ crystallization
N. N. Adarsh, Derek A. Tocher, Joan Ribas and Parthasarathi Dastidar
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00556K, Paper
The effect of the conformation of flexible carboxylate ligands on the structures of metal–organic supramolecules
Fangna Dai, Shuwen Gong, Peipei Cui, Guoqing Zhang, Xiaoliang Qiu, Fei Ye, Daofeng Sun, Zhijian Pang, Lei Zhang, Guilin Dong and Changqiao Zhang
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00328J, Paper
Moisture-saturated zeolites – A new strategy for releasing nitric oxide
Feng Wei, Jia Yuan Yang, Qian Hou and Jian Hua Zhu
New J. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00445F, Paper
