CrystEngComm Blog

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

The self-assembly of single-walled metal–organic nanotubes constructed from CuCl2 chains and ditetrazoles 
Bing Li, Shun-Wei Chen, Zheng Chen, Jie Chen, Jian-Zhong Guo and Li Liu 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6610-6612 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05921A  

Metal ion modulation of polycatenation networks constructed by mixed rigid and flexible bridging ligands 
Xiao-Ning Cheng, Wei-Xiong Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6613-6615 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05933E

The synthesis, structures and reactions of zinc and cobalt metal–organic frameworks incorporating an alkyne-based dicarboxylate linker 
Andrew D. Burrows, Laura C. Fisher, David Hodgson, Mary F. Mahon, Naomi F. Cessford, Tina Düren, Christopher Richardson and Sean P. Rigby 
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06044A  

An unprecedented (4,24)-connected metal–organic framework sustained by nanosized Ag12 cuboctahedral node 
Di Sun, Yun-Hua Li, Shu-Ting Wu, Hong-Jun Hao, Fu-Jing Liu, Rong-Bin Huang and Lan-Sun Zheng 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 7311-7315 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05672G  

Study of a hydrothermal reaction system of copper, imidazole and polyoxometalates: selective assembly of a 3D porous metal–organic pseudo-rotaxane framework and encapsulation of polyoxometalate clusters 
Hai-jun Pang, Hui-yuan Ma, Jun Peng, Chun-jing Zhang, Peng-peng Zhang and Zhong-min Su 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 7079-7085 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05648D  

An unprecedented twofold interpenetrated layered metal–organic framework with a MoS2-H topology 
Lalit Rajput, Seunghee Hong, Xinfang Liu, Minhak Oh, Dongwook Kim and Myoung Soo Lah 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6926-6929 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06038D  

Structural diversity and fluorescent properties of Zn(ii)/Cd(ii) coordination polymers with a versatile tecton 2-(carboxymethoxy)benzoic acid and N-donor co-ligands 
Cai Li, Dong-Sheng Li, Jun Zhao, Yi-Qing Mou, Kun Zou, Shu-Zhang Xiao and Miao Du 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6601-6609 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05896G  

Seed-mediated synthesis of polyhedral 50-facet Cu2O architectures 
Shaodong Sun, Dongchu Deng, Chuncai Kong, Yang Gao, Shengchun Yang, Xiaoping Song, Bingjun Ding and Zhimao Yang 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5993-5997 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05243H  

A series of coordination polymers based on 5,5′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)-bis(oxy)diisophthalic acid and structurally related N-donor ligands: syntheses, structures and properties 
Wei-Qiu Kan, Jian-Fang Ma, Bo Liu and Jin Yang 
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05877K

Zinc(ii) coordination polymers with pseudopeptidic ligands 
Vicente Martí-Centelles, D. Krishna Kumar, Andrew J. P. White, Santiago V. Luis and Ramon Vilar 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6997-7008 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05872J  

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

Three porous metal–organic frameworks based on an azobenzenetricarboxylate ligand: synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties 
Miao Meng, Di-Chang Zhong and Tong-Bu Lu 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05817G

Coordination assemblies of Co ii /Ni ii /Mn ii /Zn ii with 1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxylic acid and three positional isomeric ligands: structural diversity and properties 
Fu-Ping Huang, He-Dong Bian, Qing Yu, Jin-Lei Tian, Hong Liang, Shi-Ping Yan, Dai-Zheng Liao and Peng Cheng 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6538-6548 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05562C

Post-deposition annealing control of phase and texture for the sputtered MoO3 films 
Wei-Che Chang, Xiaoding Qi, Jui-Chao Kuo, Shih-chin Lee, Sio-Kei Ng and Delphic Chen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5125-5132 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05214D  

One-pot self-assembly of flower-like Cu2S structures with near-infrared photoluminescent properties 
Na Li, Xiaoling Zhang, Shutang Chen, Wen Yang, Huaizhi Kang and Weihong Tan 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6549-6554 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05603D  

Two azido-bridged copper(ii) coordination polymers with isonicotinate-N-oxide and picolinate-N-oxide acting as co-ligands 
Qian Gao, Ya-Bo Xie, Melissa Thorstad, Ji-Hong Sun, Yue Cui and Hong-Cai Zhou 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00914H  

Synthesis, structural characterization and properties of Ag(i)-complexes based on double-armed 1,3,4-oxadiazole bridging ligands 
Gui-Ge Hou, Yan Wu, Jian-Ping Ma and Yu-Bin Dong 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05718A 

Topological variability of Zn(ii) and Co(ii) 3D coordination polymers obtained through solvothermal in situ disulfide cleavage 
Yang Bu, Feilong Jiang, Shuquan Zhang, Jie Ma, Xingjun Li and Maochun Hong 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6323-6326 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05592E  

A hydrogen bonded cocrystal with an unusual interweaving between the adjacent triple-helices 
Amit Delori and William Jones 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6315-6318 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05534H  

Packing incentives and a reliable N–HN–pyridine synthon in co-crystallization of bipyridines with two agrochemical actives
Elisa Nauha, Erkki Kolehmainen and Maija Nissinen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6531-6537 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05730H  

Synthesis of mono-dispersed m-BiVO4 octahedral nano-crystals with enhanced visible light photocatalytic properties 
Mandi Han, Xiaofeng Chen, Ting Sun, Ooi Kiang Tan and Man Siu Tse 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05539A  

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

An Fe-based MOF constructed from paddle-wheel and rod-shaped SBUs involved in situ generated acetate 
Yun-Wu Li, Jiong-Peng Zhao, Li-Fu Wang and Xian-He Bu 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05470H  

Structural analyses and luminescent properties of a series of lead(ii) metal–organic frameworks based on 2-sulfoterephthalate 
Yi-Xia Ren, Xiang-Jun Zheng and Lin-Pei Jin 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5915-5923 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05303E  

Coordination polymers based on a flexible bis(triazole) ligand and aromatic polycarboxylate anions: syntheses, topological structures and photoluminescent properties 
Yajuan Mu, Gang Han, Shuying Ji, Hongwei Hou and Yaoting Fan 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5943-5950 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05129F  

Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and inclusion properties of a hydrogen-bonded coordination polymer [Ni(SCN)2(pppeH)2]·(guest) x 
Ryo Sekiya and Shin-ichi Nishikiori 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05566F  

Three three-dimensional anionic metal–organic frameworks with (4,8)-connected alb topology constructed from a semi-rigid ligand and polynuclear metal clusters 
Shengqun Su, Chao Qin, Shuyan Song, Zhiyong Guo, Ruiping Deng, Wan Chen, Xuezhi Song, Song Wang, Guanghua Li and Hongjie Zhang 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05149K

Oligomeric and polymeric organizations of potassium salts with compartmental Schiff-base complexes as ligands 
Maliheh Mousavi, Virginie Béreau, Jean-Pierre Costes, Carine Duhayon and Jean-Pascal Sutter 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5908-5914 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05127J

Structural phase transition due to the flexible supramolecule of (4-cyanomethylanilinium)([18]crown-6) in [Ni(dmit)2]- crystal 
Qiong Ye, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Heng-Yun Ye, Tian Hang, Jia-Zhen Ge, Ren-Gen Xiong, Shin-ichiro Noro and Takayoshi Nakamura 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05581J

Facile synthesis of zinc(ii)-carboxylate coordination polymer particles and their luminescent, biocompatible and antibacterial properties 
Kuaibing Wang, Yuxin Yin, Chengying Li, Zhirong Geng and Zhilin Wang 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05705G  

Selective CO2 capture by a 3d–4d coordination polymer material with 1D channel 
Sheng-Li Huang and Guo-Xin Jin 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05474K 

Polyhedron-aggregated multi-facet Cu2O homogeneous structures 
Shaodong Sun, Heng Zhang, Xiaoping Song, Shuhua Liang, Chuncai Kong and Zhimao Yang 
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05597F  

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

Assembling Anderson-type polyoxometalates with manganese(ii) in the presence of pyridylacrylic acid ligands: a 2D layer and two polymorphs Haiyan
An, Xuan Liu, Hao Chen, Zhengbo Han, Hua Zhang and Zhaofei Chen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5384-5393 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05391D  

a-Fe2O3 hierarchically hollow microspheres self-assembled with nanosheets: surfactant-free solvothermal synthesis, magnetic and photocatalytic properties 
Jing-San Xu and Ying-Jie Zhu 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5162-5169 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05252G   

Microporous metal–organic frameworks for acetylene storage and separation 
Zhangjing Zhang, Shengchang Xiang and Banglin Chen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13,  Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05437F    

Ligand-deprotonation induced structural diversity in a ternary CuII-triazole-tetracarboxylate self-assembly system: Synthesis, crystal structures, and magnetic behavior 
En-Cui Yang, Zhong-Yi Liu, Li-Na Zhao, You-Li Yang, Cui-Hua Zhang and Xiao-Jun Zhao 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5401-5408 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05396E  

Additive controlled crystallization 
Rui-Qi Song and Helmut Cölfen 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 1249-1276 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00419G 
 
Cadmium(II) and zinc(II) metal–organic frameworks with anthracene-based dicarboxylic ligands: solvothermal synthesis, crystal structures, and luminescent properties 
Jun-Jie Wang, Tong-Liang Hu and Xian-He Bu
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5152-5161 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05287J  

Lanthanide, Y and Sc MOFs: where amazing crystal structures meet outstanding material properties 
Ángeles Monge, Felipe Gándara, Enrique Gutiérrez-Puebla and Natalia Snejko 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5031-5044 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00891E  

Temperature-dependent supramolecular isomerism in three zinc coordination polymers with pamoic acid and 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-benzene 
Suna Wang, Yanqiang Peng, Xilian Wei, Qingfu Zhang, Daqi Wang, Jianmin Dou, Dacheng Li and Junfeng Bai 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 5313-5316 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05463E  

Controlled synthesis of wurtzite CuInS2 nanocrystals and their side-by-side nanorod assemblies 
Xiaotang Lu, Zhongbin Zhuang, Qing Peng and Yadong Li 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 4039-4045 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00451K  
 
A single-crystalline microporous coordination polymer with mixed parallel and diagonal interpenetrating α-Po networks 
Shuangbing Han, Zhenbo Ma, Yanhu Wei, Victor Ch. Kravtsov, Brian S. Luisi, Indrek Kulaots and Brian Moulton 
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 4838-4840 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05354J   

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