CrystEngComm Blog

During the months April – June, the following articles are in the Top Ten most accessed:-

Hydrogen-bond network in isomeric phenylenedipropynoic acids and their DABCO salts. Water mediated helical hydrogen bond motifs 
Rajendran Saravanakumar, Babu Varghese and Sethuraman Sankararaman  
CrystEngComm, 2009,11, 337-346 
DOI: 10.1039/B816658G    
 
Chemoaffinity-mediated crystallization of Cu₂O: a reaction effect on crystal growth and anode property 
Kunfeng Chen and Dongfeng Xue   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1739-1746 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26500A    

Five polyoxometalate-based inorganic–organic hybrid compounds constructed by a multidentate N-donor ligand: syntheses, structures, electrochemistry, and photocatalysis properties 
Zhe Zhang, Jin Yang, Ying-Ying Liu and Jian-Fang Ma 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3843-3853 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40210J     

Hydrothermal syntheses, structures and luminescent properties of d10 metal–organic frameworks based on rigid 3,3′,5,5′-azobenzenetetracarboxylic acid polyoxometalate-based inorganic–organic hybrid compounds constructed by a multidentate N-donor ligand: syntheses, structures, electrochemistry, and photocatalysis properties 
Wenlong Liu, Lihu Ye,L infang Liu, Limin Yuan, Jiaxun Jiang and Chaoguo Yan   
CrystEngComm, 2008,10, 1395-1403 
DOI: 10.1039/B806360E     

Synthesis of uniform octahedral tungsten trioxide by RF induction thermal plasma and its application in gas sensing 
Haibao Zhang, Mingshui Yao, Liuyang Bai, Weicheng Xiang, Huacheng Jin, Jinlin Li and Fangli Yuan  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1432-1438 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26514A     

Facile synthesis of Co₃O₄ by molten salt method and its Li-storage performance 
M. V. Reddy, Zhang Beichen,  K. P. Loh and B. V. R. Chowdari   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3568-3574 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26985J     

Large-scale synthesis of porous Ni2P nanosheets for lithium secondary batteries 
Yi Lu, Jiang-ping Tu, Qin-qin Xiong, Heng Zhang, Chang-dong Gu, Xiu-li Wang and Scott X. Mao   
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 8633-8641 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26378E     

Ionothermal synthesis and lithium storage performance of core/shell structured amorphous@crystalline Ni–P nanoparticles 
Heng Zhang, Yi Lu, Chang-Dong Gu, Xiu-Li Wangand Jiang-Ping Tu
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7942-7950 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25939G     

Crystal structures and growth mechanisms of octahedral and decahedral Au@Ag core-shell nanocrystals prepared by a two-step reduction method 
Masaharu Tsuji, Nozomi Nakamura, Masatoshi Ogino, Koji Ikedo and Mika Matsunaga  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7639-7647 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25569C     

Synthesis of graphene–ZnO nanorod nanocomposites with improved photoactivity and anti-photocorrosion 
Zhang Chen, Nan Zhang and Yi-Jun Xu 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3022-3030 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE27021A     

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

Controlled strategy to synthesize SnO₂ decorated SnS₂ nanosheets with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity 
Xianlong Zhou, Tengfei Zhou, Juncheng Hu and Jinlin Lia   
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 5627-5633 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25309G    

A zwitterionic metal–organic framework with free carboxylic acid sites that exhibits enhanced hydrogen adsorption energies 
Marianne B. Lalonde, Rachel B. Getman, Jeong Yong Lee, John M. Roberts, Amy A. Sarjeant, Karl A. Scheidt, Peter A. Georgiev, Jan P. Embs, Juergen Eckert, Omar K. Farha, Randall Q. Snurr and Joseph T. Hupp   
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40198G    

Synthesis of graphene–ZnO nanorod nanocomposites with improved photoactivity and anti-photocorrosion 
Zhang Chen, Nan Zhang and Yi-Jun Xu   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3022-3030 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE27021A    

An unusual highly connected 3D net with hydrophilic pore surface 
Huabin Zhang, Ping Lin, Guodong Zou, Xiaochen Shan, Fenglei Du and Shaowu Du  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3016-3021 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26788A    

Construction of metal–organic coordination polymers derived from 4-substituted tetrazole–benzoate ligands: synthesis, structure, luminescence, and magnetic behaviors 
Jia-Yin Sun, Li Wang, Dao-Jun Zhang, Da Li, Yu Cao, Li-Ying Zhang, Shuang-Li Zeng, Guang-Sheng Pang, Yong Fan, Jia-Ning Xu and  Tian-You Song   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3402-3411 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26793D    

Porous aromatic frameworks: Synthesis, structure and functions 
Teng Ben and Shilun Qiu   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 17-26 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25409C    

Stoichiometry, temperature, solvent, metal-directed syntheses of metal–organic frameworks based on flexible V-shaped methylenebis(3,5-dimethylpyrazole) and various aromatic dicarboxylate acids 
Xiang-Guang Guo, Wen-Bin Yang, Xiao-Yuan Wu, Qi-Kai Zhang, Lang Lin, RongMin Yu and Can-Zhong Lu   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3654-3663 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE00048F    

Homochiral metal–organic porous materials for enantioselective recognition and electrocatalysis 
Guangju Zhang, Hailiang Hu, Hao Li, Fangfang Zhao, Yang Liu, Xiaodie He, Hui Huang, Yan Xu, Ying Wei and Zhenhui Kang  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3288-3291 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40162F    

Application of hierarchical TiO₂ spheres as scattering layer for enhanced photovoltaic performance in dye sensitized solar cell 
Zhiyong Gao, Zhuangli Wu, Xiaomin Li, Jiuli Chang, Dapeng Wu, Pengfei Ma, Fang Xu, Shuyan Gao and Kai Jiang   
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3351-3358 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE27098J    

Synthesis of LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O4 and _0.5Li2MnO₃–0.5LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_{1/ 3}O₂ hollow nanowires by electrospinning 
Eiji Hosono, Tatsuya Saito, Junichi Hoshino, Yoshifumi Mizuno, Masashi Okubo, Daisuke Asakura, Koichi Kagesawa, Daisuke Nishio-Hamane, Tetsuichi Kudo and Haoshen Zhou  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2592-2597 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26972H    

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

Hydrothermal synthesis of one-dimensional yttrium hydroxide particles by a two-step alkali-addition method 
Fumiyuki Shiba, Tosuke Tamagawa, Takashi Kojimab and Yusuke Okawa 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1061-1067 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26485D  

Crystal transformation synthesis of a highly stable phosphonate MOF for selective adsorption of CO₂ 
Fupeng Zhai, Qingshu Zheng, Zhenxia Chen, Yun Ling, Xiaofeng Liu, Linhong Wenga and Yaming Zhou 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2040-2043 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26701B  

Two isostructural amine-functionalized 3D self-penetrating microporous MOFs exhibiting high sorption selectivity for CO₂ 
Bo Liu, Ruili Zhao, Guoping Yang, Lei Hou, Yao-Yu Wang and Qi-Zhen Shi 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2057-2060 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26800D  

Development of organic porous materials through Schiff-base chemistry 
Yinghua Jin, Youlong Zhua and Wei Zhang 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1484-1499
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26394G  

Facile synthesis of a mesoporous benzothiadiazole-COF based on a transesterification process 
Mirjam Dogru, Andreas Sonnauer, Silvia Zimdars, Markus Döblinger, Paul Knochel and Thomas Bein 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1500-1502 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26343B  

Covalent organic frameworks 
Andrew I. Cooper 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1483-1483 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE90122F  

‘Masked synthons’ in crystal engineering: insulated components in acetaminophen cocrystal hydrates 
John R. G. Sander, Dejan-Krešimir Bučar, Rodger F. Henry, Brittany N. Giangiorgi, Geoff G. Z. Zhang and Leonard R. MacGillivray 
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40159F  

Synthesis, characterization and observation of structural diversities in a series of transition metal based furan dicarboxylic acid systems 
Rupam Sen, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão, Guillaume Rogezb and Zhi Lin 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2113-2119 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26306A  

2D and 3D coordination polymers constructed by a novel hexakis(1,2,4-triazol-ylmethy1)benzene ligand and different carboxylate anions: syntheses, structures, and luminescent properties 
Zhe Zhang, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu, Wei-Qiu Kana and Jin Yang 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2009-2018 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26874H  

4th European conference for crystal growth – crystallisation in focus: from fundamentals to application 
Alastair J. Florence 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 2174-2174 
DOI: 10.1039/C3CE90028B  

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Researchers in China have shown that the organic component of mother of pearl can help repair damaged teeth, by acting as a template for the mineralisation of tooth enamel.

Tooth enamel is made up of rod-like crystals of hydroxyapatite, a calcium phosphate mineral. It is the hardest tissue in the body, but is susceptible to erosion by food and bacterial acids. Once gone, it never naturally reforms, and cavities must be fixed using manmade materials. Methods of artificially rebuilding enamel often involve extreme temperature, pressure or pH conditions that make them impractical for clinical use.

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Facile In-vitro Hydroxyapatite Remineralization of Human Enamel with Remarkable Hardness
Xin Li, Danmei Pan, Shi Lin, Zanyong Zhuang and Zhang Lin
CrystEngComm, 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C3CE26947G

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

Covalent organic frameworks 
Andrew I. Cooper  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1483-1483 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE90122F  

Mn(ii) metal–organic frameworks based on Mn3 clusters: from 2D layer to 3D framework by the “pillaring” approach 
Yong-Qiang Chen ,  Sui-Jun Liu ,  Yun-Wu Li ,  Guo-Rong Li ,  Kun-Huan He ,  Ze Chang and Xian-He Bu  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1613-1617 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26734A  

Fabrication of ZnO/CdS/Cu2ZnSnS4 p–n heterostructure nanorod arrays via a solution-based route 
Xu Liu ,  Chunrui Wang ,  Jing Xu ,  Xiaoyun Liu ,  Rujia Zou ,  Lizhi Ouyang ,  Xiaofeng Xu ,  Xiaoshuang Chen and Huaizhong Xing  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1139-1145 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26829A  

A rhombus channel metal–organic framework comprised of Sr2+ and thiophene-2, 5-dicarboxylic acid exhibiting novel dielectric bistability 
Qian Chen ,  Ping-Chun Guo ,  Shun-Ping Zhao ,  Jian-Lan Liu and Xiao-Ming Ren  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1264-1270 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26450A  

Molecular architecture using novel types of non-covalent p-interactions involving aromatic neutrals, aromatic cations and p-anions 
Saikat Kumar Seth ,  Prankrishna Manna ,  N. Jiten Singh ,  Monojit Mitra ,  Atish Dipankar Jana ,  Amrita Das ,  Somnath Ray Choudhury ,  Tanusree Kar ,  Subrata Mukhopadhyay and Kwang S. Kim 
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1285-1288 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26577J  

Template-free synthesis and high photocatalytic activity of hierarchical Zn2GeO4 microspheres 
Jin Liu and Gaoke Zhang  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 382-389 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26316E  

Effect of pH/metal ion on the structure of metal–organic frameworks based on novel bifunctionalized ligand 4′-carboxy-4,2′:6′,4”-terpyridine 
Fei Yuan ,  Juan Xie ,  Huai-Ming Hu ,  Chun-Mei Yuan ,  Bing Xu ,  Meng-Lin Yang ,  Fa-Xin Dong and Gang-Lin Xue  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1460-1467 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26171E  

Three cobalt(ii) coordination polymers based on V-shaped aromatic polycarboxylates and rigid bis(imidazole) ligand: syntheses, crystal structures, physical properties and theoretical studies 
Hong Zhou ,  Guang-Xiang Liu ,  Xiao-Feng Wang and Yan Wang  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1377-1388 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26606G  

In-situ coordination chemistry within cobalt-containing phthalocyanine nanoporous crystals 
C. Grazia Bezzu ,  Benson M. Kariuki ,  Madeleine Helliwell ,  Floriana Tuna ,  John E. Warren ,  David R. Allan and Neil B. McKeown  
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1545-1550 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26463C  

The catanionic surfactant-assisted syntheses of 26-faceted and hexapod-shaped Cu2O and their electrochemical performances 
Wenpei Kang ,  Fenglin Liu ,  Yunlan Su ,  Dujin Wang and Qiang Shen  
CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 4174-4180 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05319A  

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A group of UK chemists has used a desktop inkjet printer to prepare a metastable form of the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine. Co-crystals have been prepared by first depositing very small droplets of template solution followed by droplets of the drug solution, which leads to rapid evaporation and crystallisation. Simon Gaisford of UCL School of Pharmacy, London, who lead the project, told Chemistry World that this polymorph has only been produced previously by layering it molecule by molecule onto a template crystal using vapour deposition.

‘Desktop inkjet printers offer amazing control of droplet position in order to produce photographic images,’ says Gaisford. ‘So in this instance the technology can really be considered to be more advanced than is needed for crystal templating, although it is evident that the smaller the droplet size and printing resolution the better the potential of the technique.’

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Rapid preparation of pharmaceutical co-crystals with thermal ink-jet printing
Asma B. M. Buanz, Richard Telford, Ian J. Scowen and Simon Gaisford
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 1031-1035
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26519B

German scientists hunting dark matter are set to produce half a tonne of high-purity calcium tungstate for their detectors, one 1kg crystal at a time. The CRESST-II experiment based in Gran Sasso, Italy is currently seeking this enigmatic substance, thought to explain the universe’s structure, with 10kg of calcium tungstate (CaWO4). Now Andreas Erb and Jean-Côme Lanfranchi are preparing crystals for its larger successor EURECA, which will begin operation in the French Alps in 5–10 years.

Gravitational effects suggest as-yet-unobserved dark matter in the universe outnumbers more familiar atomic matter four to one. Erb, Lanfranchi and their colleagues are hunting leading theoretical candidates, Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). That name reflects their size – up to a lead atom’s mass – and the limited interaction with atomic matter that makes them hard to find, or ‘dark’. ‘They have to interact weakly to agree with the matter needed,’ says Richard Gaitskell from Brown University in the US, who isn’t involved in the calcium tungstate experiments.

Calcium tungstate crystals, formed at around 1600°C, can be used to detect dark matter © Andreas Heddergott/TU Munich

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Growth of High-Purity Scintillating CaWO4 Single Crystals for the Low-Temperature Direct Dark Matter Search Experiments CRESSTII and EURECA
Andreas Erb
CrystEngComm, 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26554K

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

Crystallization behavior and formation mechanism of dendrite Cu2O crystals 
Jinbo Xue ,  Wei Liang ,  Xuguang Liu ,  Qianqian Shen and Bingshe Xu  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26230D     

A series of three-dimensional (3D) chiral lanthanide coordination polymers generated by spontaneous resolution 
Li-Min Zhang ,  Da-Yi Deng ,  Guo Peng ,  Lin Sun ,  Li Liang ,  Guo-Qiang Lan and Hong Deng  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26028J     

Luminescent humidity sensors based on porous Ln3+-MOFs 
Yang Yu ,  Jian-Ping Ma and Yu-Bin Dong  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7157-7160 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26210J     

Construction of Co(ii) coordination polymers comprising of helical units using a flexible pyrazole based ligand 
Satirtha Sengupta ,  Sumi Ganguly ,  Arijit Goswami ,  Sukhen Bala ,  Sudeshna Bhattacharya and Raju Mondal  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7428-7437 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25256B     

A 3-dimensional coordination polymer with a rare lonsdaleite topology constructed from a tetrahedral ligand 
Yang Zou ,  Chaoyong Yu ,  Yuanyuan Li and Myoung Soo Lah  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7174-7177 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26109J    

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     

Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines 
Stuart R. Batten ,  Neil R. Champness ,  Xiao-Ming Chen ,  Javier Garcia-Martinez ,  Susumu Kitagawa ,  Lars Öhrström ,  Michael O’Keeffe ,  Myunghyun Paik Suh and Jan Reedijk  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3001-3004 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06488J     

Temperature-induced chiral Ag(i) coordination polymers with structural variation from 1D to 2D: synthesis, luminescence and SHG response 
Lin Cheng ,  Limin Zhang ,  Qingna Cao ,  Shaohua Gou ,  Xiuying Zhang and Lei Fang  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 7502-7510 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26198G     

N-oxide-4,4′-bipyridine, a forgotten ligand in coordination chemistry: structure–photoluminescence property relationships in 2D and 1D lead-coordination polymers 
Oksana Toma ,  Nicolas Mercier ,  Mathilde Bouilland and Magali Allain  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26237A     

Interdependence of structure and physical properties in co-crystals of azopyridines 
Christer B. Aakeröy ,  Sheelu Panikkattu ,  Baillie DeHaven and John Desper  
CrystEngComm, 2013, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26153G    

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