We will shortly be publishing a themed issue titled “Structural Design of Coordination Polymers” in CrystEngComm. As a taster of what is coming, the following is a selection of articles from the issue that is recommended as HOT by our referees.
Self-assembly of a chiral three-dimensional manganese(II)–copper(II) coordination polymer with a double helical architecture
Thais Grancha, Clarisse Tourbillon, Jesús Ferrando-Soria, Miguel Julve, Francesc Lloret, Jorge Pasán, Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, Oscar Fabelo and Emilio Pardo
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41022F, Communication
Coordination polymers of alkali metal trithiocyanurates: structure determinations and ionic conductivity measurements using single crystals
Satoshi Tominaka, Sebastian Henke and Anthony K. Cheetham
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41150H, Paper
Solvent-free synthesis of supported ZIF-8 films and patterns through transformation of deposited zinc oxide precursors
Ivo Stassen, Nicolò Campagnol, Jan Fransaer, Philippe Vereecken, Dirk De Vos and Rob Ameloot
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41025K, Communication
The influence of nitro groups on the topology and gas sorption property of extended Zn(II)-paddlewheel MOFs
Phuong V. Dau and Seth M. Cohen
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE41124A, Communication
Linker extensions in metal–organic frameworks: a way to isoreticular networks or new topologies?
Daniela Frahm, Frank Hoffmann and Michael Fröba
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40594J, Paper
Studying fluorous interactions in a series of coordination compounds derived from mono-pyridyl ligands equipped with hydrogen bonding functionality: exploiting anion•••πF interaction in separating ClO4− anion from a competing mixture of anions
Subhabrata Banerjee and Parthasarathi Dastidar
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40359A, Paper