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This week’s CrystEngSelects

09 Dec 2010

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.

Surface oxygen triggered size change of palladium nano-crystals impedes catalytic efficacy

Jianli Zou, Scott G. Stewart, Colin L. Raston and K. Swaminathan Iyer

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03182H, Communication

An unprecedented 2D → 3D metal–organic polyrotaxane framework constructed from cadmium and a flexible star-like ligand

Hua Wu, Hai-Yan Liu, Ying-Ying Liu, Jin Yang, Bo Liu and Jian-Fang Ma

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04724D, Communication

A facile synthesis of anatase TiO₂ nanosheets-based hierarchical spheres with over 90% {001} facets for dye-sensitized solar cells Weiguang Yang, Jianming Li, Yali Wang, Feng Zhu, Weimin Shi, Farong Wan and Dongsheng Xu

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03312J, Communication

Gas and liquid phase adsorption in isostructural Cu₃[biaryltricarboxylate]₂ microporous coordination polymers

Tae-Hong Park, Katie A. Cychosz, Antek G. Wong-Foy, Anne Dailly and Adam J. Matzger

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03482G, Communication

Synthesis of gold(I) fluoroalkyl and fluoroalkenyl-substituted phosphine complexes and factors affecting their crystal packing

Nicholas A. Barnes, Alan K. Brisdon, F. R. William Brown, Wendy I. Cross, Ian R. Crossley, Cheryl Fish, Christopher J. Herbert, Robin G. Pritchard and John E. Warren

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01014F, Paper

Distinct structures of coordination polymers incorporating flexible triazole-based ligand: topological diversities, crystal structures and property studies

Chen Ren, Lei Hou, Bin Liu, Guo-Ping Yang, Yao-Yu Wang and Qi-Zhen Shi

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00894J, Paper

Thermally, photochemically and electrically switchable reflection colors from self-organized chiral bent-core liquid crystals

Manoj Mathews, Rafael S. Zola, Deng-ke Yang and Quan Li

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03479G, Paper

Ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals of vinyl functionalized imidazolium salts

Shih-Ci Luo, Shaowen Sun, Amol R. Deorukhkar, Jung-Tang Lu, Amitabha Bhattacharyya and Ivan J. B. Lin

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02875D, Paper

Fabrication and characterization of electrodeposited antimony telluride crystalline nanowires and nanotubes

D. Pinisetty, M. Gupta, A. B. Karki, D. P. Young and R. V. Devireddy

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01969K, Paper

Discovery of two new phases of zirconium tetrakis(8-hydroxyquinolinolate): synthesis, crystal structure and their electron transporting characteristics in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)

Poopathy Kathirgamanathan, Sivagnanasundram Surendrakumar, Juan Antipan-Lara, Seenivasagam Ravichandran, Vanga R. Reddy, Subramaniam Ganeshamurugan, Muttulingam Kumaraverl, Vincent Arkley, Alexander J. Blake and Daniel Bailey

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02644A, Paper

Amplifying fluorescence sensing based on inverse opal photonic crystal toward trace TNT detection

Heng Li, Jingxia Wang, Zelin Pan, Liying Cui, Liang Xu, Rongming Wang, Yanlin Song and Lei Jiang

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02554B, Paper

Dual [proton]/[hole] mixed valence in a molecular metal: balancing chemical activity in the solid state by tapping into a molecular hole reservoir

Youssef Lakhdar, Cécile Mézière, Leokadiya Zorina, Michel Giffard, Patrick Batail, Enric Canadell, Pascale Auban-Senzier, Claude Pasquier, Denis Jérome, Bálint Náfrádi and László Fórró

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02897E, Paper

Polymorphs of aromatic thiolato 1, 2 or 1,4-naphthoquinones

Bigyan R. Jali, Marjit W. Singh and J. B. Baruah

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00591F, Communication

Novel BaTeMo₂O₉ fine particles synthesized via a supercritical water route

Qingxin Zheng, Bo Li and Xutang Tao

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00778A, Communication

Syntheses, structures and properties of coordination polymers of cadmium(II) with 4-methyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol ligand

Yun-Liang Jiang, Yu-Ling Wang, Jing-Xiang Lin, Qing-Yan Liu, Zhang-Hui Lu, Na Zhang, Jia-Jia-Wei and Li-Qin Li

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00431F, Paper

Ligand geometry-driven formation of different coordination polymers from Zn(NO₃)₂, 1,4-bpeb and phenylenediacetic acids

Dong Liu, Yu-Jie Chang and Jian-Ping Lang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00575D, Paper

Low temperature thermal evaporation growth of aligned ZnO nanorods on ZnO film: a growth mechanism promoted by Zn nanoclusters on polar surfaces

D. Calestani, M. Z. Zha, L. Zanotti, M. Villani and A. Zappettini

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00670J, Paper

Surfactant-assisted synthesis of double-wall Cu₂O hollow spheres

Wenzhong Wang, Ya Tu, Pengcheng Zhang and Guling Zhang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00563K, Paper

Syntheses, structures and luminescent properties of decorated lanthanide metal-organic frameworks of (E)-4,4′-(ethene-1,2-diyl)dibenzoic acids

Yu Li and Datong Song

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00750A, Paper

Characterization, physicochemical and photo-stability of a co-crystal involving an antibiotic drug, nitrofurantoin, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid

Venu R. Vangala, Pui Shan Chow and Reginald B. H. Tan

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00772B, Communication

Schiff base derived from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and liquid-assisted mechanochemical synthesis of its isostructural Cu(II) and Co(II) complexes

Dominik Cinčić and Branko Kaitner

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00421A, Paper

Nanowires of α- and β-Bi₂O₃: phase-selective synthesis and application in photocatalysis

Yongfu Qiu, Minlin Yang, Hongbo Fan, Yuanzhi Zuo, Youyuan Shao, Yongjun Xu, Xiaoxi Yang and Shihe Yang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00508H, Paper

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

06 Dec 2010

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.

Synthesis of porous hollow silica nanostructures using hydroxyapatite nanoparticle templates

Peter A. Williamson, Philip J. Blower and Mark A. Green

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04257A

Reversible solid-state structural conversion between a three-dimensional network and a one-dimensional chain of Cu(II) triazole coordination polymers in acidic/basic-suspensions or vapors

Tetsuya Yamada, Goro Maruta and Sadamu Takeda

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04293E, Communication

Two-step relaxation in the 3D spin-canted manganese phosphate with high P–O–Mn connectivity

Bo Li, Xiaoying Zhang, Jumei Tian and Jingping Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03278F, Communication

Photoinduced isothermal phase transitions of liquid-crystalline macrocyclic azobenzenes

Yasuo Norikane, Yuki Hirai and Masaru Yoshida

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04052E, Communication

Self-assembly hexanuclear metallacontainer hosting halogenated guest species and sustaining structure of 3D coordination framework

Evgen V. Govor, Andrey B. Lysenko, David Quiñonero, Eduard B. Rusanov, Alexander N. Chernega, Jens Moellmer, Reiner Staudt, Harald Krautscheid, Antonio Frontera and Konstantin V. Domasevitch

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04433D, Communication

Tripodal imidazole frameworks: Reversible vapour sorption both with and without significant structural changes

Charlotte E. Willans, Sara French, Kirsty M. Anderson, Leonard J. Barbour, Jan-André Gertenbach, Gareth O. Lloyd, Robert J. Dyer, Peter C. Junk and Jonathan W. Steed

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01011A, Paper

Supramolecular assemblies of germanium(II) halides with O-, S- and Se-donor macrocycles – the effects of donor atom type upon structure

Andrew L. Hector, William Levason, Gillian Reid, Michael Webster and Wenjian Zhang

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00749H, Paper

Inorganic–organic hybrid compounds based on molybdenum oxide chains and tetrazolate-bridged polymeric silver cations

Ming-Xing Yang, Li-Juan Chen, Shen Lin, Xiao-Hua Chen and Hua Huang

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00781A, Paper

One-step synthesis of highly water-dispersible Mn₃O₄ nanocrystals

Ying Zhao, Chunguang Li, Feifei Li, Zhan Shi and Shouhua Feng

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01198C, Paper

Controlled synthesis of Co₃O₄ nanocubes under external magnetic fields and their magnetic properties

Mingsheng Wang, Lingkun Zeng and Qianwang Chen

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00946F, Paper

Inorganic–organic hybrid compounds based on octamolybdates and metal–organic fragments with flexible multidentate ligand: syntheses, structures and characterization

Hai-Yan Liu, Hua Wu, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu, Jin Yang and Ji-Cheng Ma

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01024C, Paper

Controlled synthesis of hydroxyapatite crystals templated by novel surfactants and their enhanced bioactivity

Xiaohui Guo, Wanv Wang, Guolong Wu, Ji Zhang, Chaochao Mao, Yonghui Deng and Haiqing Xia

New J. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00708K, Paper

Pressure effecting on morphology of hydroxyapatite crystals in homogeneous system

Changlian Chen, Zhiliang Huang, Wenjuan Yuan, Jianqiu Li, Xiaokun Cheng and Ru-an Chi

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00090F, Paper

Effect of C–H…X interactions (X = O, S, π) in the supramolecular arrangements of 3-ferrocenyl-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene isomers

J. L. Ferreira da Silva, André P. Ferreira, M. Matilde Marques, Shrika G. Harjivan, M. Fátima M. da Piedade and M. Teresa Duarte

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00434K, Paper

Selectivity of amides by host–guest inclusion

Nikoletta B. Báthori and Luigi R. Nassimbeni

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00362J, Paper

Solid-state fluorescence host complex formed by assembly of two-dimensional layered network structure composed of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and 2-naphthylethylamine

Naoki Shiota, Takahiro Okuno, Takafumi Kinuta, Tomohiro Sato, Reiko Kuroda, Yoshio Matsubara and Yoshitane Imai

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00446D, Paper

Four new metal–organic frameworks constructed from H₂DBTDC-O₂ (H₂DBTDC-O₂ = dibenzothiophene-5,5′-dioxide-3,7-dicarboxylic acid) ligand with guest-responsive photoluminescence

Shunshun Xiong, Sujing Wang, Xinjun Tang and Zhiyong Wang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00422G, Paper

Green co-precipitation byproduct-assisted thermal conversion route to submicron Mg₂B₂O₅ whiskers

Wancheng Zhu, Qiang Zhang, Lan Xiang and Shenlin Zhu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00580K, Paper

Anion specificity induced conformational changes in cresol-based tripodal podands controlled by weak interactions: structural and Hirshfeld surface analysis

Sandeep Kumar Dey, Avijit Pramanik and Gopal Das

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00518E, Paper

Competition between coordination and hydrogen bonding in networks constructed using dipyridyl-1H-pyrazole ligands

Andrew D. Burrows, David J. Kelly, M. Infas Haja Mohideen, Mary F. Mahon, Viorica M. Pop and Christopher Richardson

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00310G, Paper

Unsteady-state inhibition of crystal growth caused by solution impurities

Pedro M. Martins, Fernando Rocha, Ana M. Damas and Peter Rein

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00390E, Paper

Hydrogen-bonding self-assembly of two dimensional (2D) layer structures generating metal–organic nanotubes

Hailong Sun, Haibo Mei, Guanghui An, Jianlin Han and Yi Pan

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00471E, Communication

Formation of different photodimers of isoquinolinone by irradiation of solid molecular compounds

Deng-Ke Cao, Thekku V. Sreevidya, Mark Botoshansky, Gilad Golden, Jason B. Benedict and Menahem Kaftory

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00489H, Paper

Dielectric phase transition and relaxor behavior in BaTiO₃/LaNiO₃ superlattice

Liang Qiao and Xiaofang Bi

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00665C, Paper

One-step hydrothermal synthesis and optical properties of aluminium doped ZnO hexagonal nanoplates on a zinc substrate

Jia Liu, Lingling Xu, Bo Wei, Wei Lv, Hong Gao and Xitian Zhang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00704H, Communication

A facile and quick solvothermal synthesis of 3D microflower CeO₂ and Gd:CeO₂ under subcritical and supercritical conditions for catalytic applications

Devaraju M. Kempaiah, Shu Yin and Tsugio Sato

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00611D, Communication

Unprecedented cyclic [Mo₆O₁₉]²⁻ cluster and five organic–inorganic hybrids based on polyoxomolybdates and 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole

Ming-Xing Li, Hui-Ling Chen, Jin-Peng Geng, Xiang He, Min Shao, Shou-Rong Zhu and Zhao-Xi Wang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C002063J, Paper

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

23 Nov 2010

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.

Linking [2]rotaxane wheels to create a new type of metal organic rotaxane framework
Darren J. Mercer, V. Nicholas Vukotic and Stephen J. Loeb
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04139D, Communication

Single-crystal a-Fe2O3 hexagonal nanorings: stepwise influence of different anionic ligands (F- and SCN- anions)
Baoliang Lv, Yao Xu, Dong Wu and Yuhan Sun
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03632C , Communication

Small molecules control the formation of Pt nanocrystals: a key role of carbon monoxide in the synthesis of Pt nanocubes
Binghui Wu, Nanfeng Zheng and Gang Fu
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03671D , Communication

Mn3O4 catalyzed growth of polycrystalline Pt nanoparticles and single crystalline Pt nanorods with high index facets
Xuezhong Gong, Yun Yang and Shaoming Huang
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03656K , Communication

An ionic porous coordination framework exhibiting high CO2 affinity and CO2/CH4 selectivity
Jian-Bin Lin, Wei Xue, Jie-Peng Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04089D , Communication

Microwave-assisted synthesis of hydrophilic BaYF5:Tb/Ce,Tb green fluorescent colloid nanocrystals
Yongqian Lei, Min Pang, Weiqiang Fan, Jing Feng, Shuyan Song, Song Dang and Hongjie Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00873G, Paper

Hydrothermal synthesis and structure evolution of hierarchical cobalt sulfide nanostructures
Wenjun Dong, Xuebin Wang, Bingjie Li, Lina Wang, Benyong Chen, Chaorong Li, Xiao Li, Tierui Zhang and Zhan Shi
Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01107J , Paper

Facile solvothermal synthesis of hierarchical flower-like Bi2MoO6 hollow spheres as high performance visible-light driven photocatalysts
Guohui Tian, Yajie Chen, Wei Zhou, Kai Pan, Youzhen Dong, Chungui Tian and Honggang Fu
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03040F , Paper

On the growth and properties of high quality single crystals of the yttrium doped strontium cobaltates, Y1-xSrxCoO3-d (0.7 = x = 0.95)
C. L. Fleck, G. Balakrishnan and M. R. Lees
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02711A , Paper

Synthesis of ZnO coated activated carbon aerogel by simple sol–gel route
T. Yong-Jin Han, Marcus A. Worsley, Theodore F. Baumann and Joe H. Satcher, Jr
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03204B , Communication

Silica and hybrid silica hollow spheres from imidazolium-based templating agents
Montserrat Trilla, Xavier Cattoën, Christophe Blanc, Michel Wong Chi Man and Roser Pleixats
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02799E , Paper

Multidimensional frameworks constructed from Keggin-type heteropoly blue of molybdenum–tungsten cluster
Yuchao Wang, Lin Xu, Ning Jiang, Lili Zhao, Fengyan Li and Xizheng Liu
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00514B , Communication

Ionothermal synthesis of a new (4,12)-connected heterometallic iodoplumbate with [Pb4(OH)4] cubane as joint points of the helices
Fei Hu, Quan-Guo Zhai, Shu-Ni Li, Yu-Cheng Jiang and Man-Cheng Hu
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00651C , Communication

Metal and ligand binding mode dependent topologies in phthalate coordination polymers with bis(4-pyridylformyl)piperazine co-ligands
Curtis Y. Wang, Zachary M. Wilseck, Ronald M. Supkowski and Robert L. LaDuca
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00632G , Paper

Cleaving the framework of CuX with a tetrapyrazolyl-based ligand to construct [CuX]n-based coordination polymers
Liang Zhang, Zhi-Gang Ren, Hong-Xi Li and Jian-Ping Lang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00513D , Paper

High uniformity and monodispersity of sodium rare-earth fluoride nanocrystals: controllable synthesis, shape evolution and optical properties
Songjun Zeng, Guozhong Ren, Changfu Xu and Qibin Yang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00325E , Paper

Luminescence induced by strong cation–anion p–p interactions in crystals of viologen analogues
Oleksii V. Gutov, Eduard B. Rusanov, Alexey A. Kudryavtsev, Sergey G. Garasevych, Olexandr V. Slobodyanyuk, Valerii M. Yashchuk and Alexander N. Chernega
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00191K , Paper

Ultra-thin anatase TiO2 nanosheets dominated with {001} facets: thickness-controlled synthesis, growth mechanism and water-splitting properties
Xiao Hua Yang, Zhen Li, Gang Liu, Jun Xing, Chenghua Sun, Hua Gui Yang and Chunzhong Li
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00233J , Paper

Two unique 8-quinolinato (q) based one dimensional complexes [FeIIMnII(q)4·(H2O)0.25]n and [MnII(q)2]n: synthesis, structures, and magnetism
Bo Li, Jingping Zhang, Yan Zhang, Shuxin Cui, Wenliang Li, Yu Wang and Xiaoying Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00488J , Communication

Direct synthesis of novel SiC@Al2O3 core-shell epitaxial nanowires and field emission characteristics
H. Cui, L. Gong, Y. Sun, G. Z. Yang, C. L. Liang, J. Chen and C. X. Wang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00435A , Paper

Revelation of the spatial structure of a highly crystalline and conducting polyaniline membrane constructed by epitaxial growth
Chun-Guey Wu and Chien-Hung Chiang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00463D , Paper

Design and synthesis of ternary semiconductor Cu7.2(SexS1-x)4 nanocrystallites for efficient visible light photocatalysis
Yuanhao Gao, Zhi Zheng, Fengling Yang, Fujuan Zhang, Pinjiang Li, Wenjun Fa, Huimin Jia and Hongxiao Zhao
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00524J , Paper

Synthesis of anhydrous yttrium and rare earth vanadium oxides from aqueous solution
Meehae Jang and Kenneth M. Doxsee
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00590H , Paper

Upper rim site lipophilic calix[4]arenes as receptors for natural terpenes and functionally related solvent molecules: combined crystal structure and QMB sensor study
Tobias Gruber, Conrad Fischer, Wilhelm Seichter, Petra Bombicz and Edwin Weber
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00696C , Paper

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

11 Nov 2010

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.

Highly charged supramolecular oligomers based on the dimerization of corannulene tetraanion

David Eisenberg, Jennifer M. Quimby, Edward A. Jackson, Lawrence T. Scott and Roy Shenhar

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03965A, Communication

Towards an environmentally-friendly laboratory: dimensionality and reactivity in the mechanosynthesis of metal–organic compounds

Vjekoslav Štrukil, László Fábián, David G. Reid, Melinda J. Duer, Graham J. Jackson, Mirjana Eckert-Maksić and Tomislav Friščić

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03822A, Communication

From tectons to luminescent supramolecular ionic liquid crystals

Pierre Dechambenoit, Sylvie Ferlay, Bertrand Donnio, Daniel Guillon and Mir Wais Hosseini

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03970E, Communication

Metal–organic framework membranes fabricated via reactive seeding

Yaoxin Hu, Xueliang Dong, Jiangpu Nan, Wanqin Jin, Xiaoming Ren, Nanping Xu and Young Moo Lee

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03927F, Communication

Temperature dependent selective gas sorption of the microporous metal-imidazolate framework [Cu(L)] [H₂L = 1,4-di(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene]

Shui-Sheng Chen, Min Chen, Satoshi Takamizawa, Man-Sheng Chen, Zhi Su and Wei-Yin Sun

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04085A, Communication

Design synthesis and photocatalytic activity of a novel lilac-like silver-vanadate hybrid solid based on dicyclic rings of [V₄O₁₂]⁴⁻ with {Ag₇}⁷⁺ cluster

Yan Hu, Fang Luo and Fangfang Dong

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02965C, Communication

Dynamic microporous indium(III)-4,4′-oxybis(benzoate) framework with high selectivity for the adsorption of CO₂ over N₂

Yan-Xi Tan, Fei Wang, Yao Kang and Jian Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04095A, Communication

Single-crystal to single-crystal transformation of 1D coordination polymer via photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition reaction

Dong Liu, Ni-Ya Li and Jian-Ping Lang

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00931H, Communication

Unique 3D self-penetrating Co^II and Ni^II coordination frameworks with a new (4⁴.6¹⁰.8) network topology

Dong-Sheng Li, Feng Fu, Jun Zhao, Ya-Pan Wu, Miao Du, Kun Zou, Wen-Wen Dong and Yao-Yu Wang

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00900H, Communication

Assembly of titanium embedded polyoxometalates with unprecedented structural features

Thomas McGlone, Laia Vilà-Nadal, Haralampos N. Miras, De-Liang Long, Josep M. Poblet and Leroy Cronin

Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01327G, Paper

Pentacobalt(II) cluster based pcu network exhibits both magnetic slow-relaxation and hysteresis behaviour

Sheng Hu, Jun-Liang Liu, Zhao-Sha Meng, Yan-Zhen Zheng, Yanhua Lan, Annie K. Powell and Ming-Liang Tong

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01062F, Communication

Enantiocontrolled solid-state photodimerizations via a chiral sulfonamidecinnamic acid

Kraig A. Wheeler, Joshua D. Wiseman and Rebecca C. Grove

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00516A, Communication

Synthesis of anisometric KNbO₃ and K_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃ single crystals by chemical conversion of non-perovskite templates

Francesco Madaro, Julian R. Tolchard, Yingda Yu, Mari-Ann Einarsrud and Tor Grande

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00414F, Paper

Single crystals of aspirin form II: crystallisation and stability

Andrew D. Bond, Katarzyna A. Solanko, Simon Parsons, Sascha Redder and Roland Boese

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00588F, Communication

Supramolecular architectures of cadmium(II)-orotate complexes containing water clusters

Okan Z. Yeşilel, Hakan Erer and Orhan Büyükgüngör

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00308E, Paper

Monodispersed mesoporous SBA-15 with novel morphologies: controllable synthesis and morphology dependence of humidity sensing

Yongheng Zhu, Hui Li, Jiaqiang Xu, Hao Yuan, Jingjie Wang and Xinxin Li

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00570C, Communication

Surprising robustness of a unit cell: isomorphism in caesium 18-crown[6] complexes with aromatic polycarboxylate anions

Dario Braga, Simone D’Agostino and Fabrizia Grepioni

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00363H, Paper

A novel NbO-type framework constructed from Dawson-like tungstobismuthate and copper complex fragments

Bin Wang, Guang-Feng Hou, Rui-Qi Meng, Li-Hua Bi, Bao Li and Li-Xin Wu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00327A, Paper

Crystal structure of spherical aromatic amide: pseudopolymorphs and formation of infinite water cluster in the channel structure

Hyuma Masu, Yuko Sagara, Fumiaki Imabeppu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Kosuke Katagiri, Masatoshi Kawahata, Masahide Tominaga, Hiroyuki Kagechika, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Isao Azumaya

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00301H, Communication

Lightly doped single crystalline porous Si nanowires with improved optical and electrical properties

Huihui Chen, Rujia Zou, Haihua Chen, Na Wang, Yangang Sun, Qiwei Tian, Jianghong Wu, Zhigang Chen and Junqing Hu

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02476G, Paper

Liquid crystalline phthalocyanine–fullerene dyads

Mine Ince, M. Victoria Martínez-Díaz, Joaquín Barberá and Tomás Torres

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02420A, Paper

A new route to porous monolithic organic frameworks via cyclotrimerization

Marcus Rose, Nicole Klein, Irena Senkovska, Christian Schrage, Philipp Wollmann, Winfried Böhlmann, Bertram Böhringer, Sven Fichtner and Stefan Kaskel

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02998J, Paper

Controllable and white upconversion luminescence in BaYF₅:Ln³⁺ (Ln = Yb, Er, Tm) nanocrystals

Cuimiao Zhang, Ping’ an Ma, Chunxia Li, Guogang Li, Shanshan Huang, Dongmei Yang, Mengmeng Shang, Xiaojiao Kang and Jun Lin

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02948C, Paper

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

09 Nov 2010

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.

Dual fluorescent labelling of cellulose nanocrystals for pH sensing

Lise Junker Nielsen, Samuel Eyley, Wim Thielemans and Jonathan W. Aylott

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03470C, Communication

Direct scattered growth of MWNT on Si for high performance anode material in Li-ion batteries

Pengfei Gao, Yanna Nuli, Yu-Shi He, Jiazhao Wang, Andrew I. Minett, Jun Yang and Jun Chen

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02870C, Communication

Coordination polymers constructed by 1,3-bi(4-pyridyl)propane with four different conformations and 2,2′-dinitro-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate ligands: the effects of metal ions

Baiyan Li, Guanghua Li, Dan Liu, Yu Peng, Xiaojing Zhou, Jia Hua, Zhan Shi and Shouhua Feng

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00252F, Paper

Modification of flexible part in Cu²⁺ interdigitated framework for CH₄/CO₂ separation

Yasutaka Inubushi, Satoshi Horike, Tomohiro Fukushima, George Akiyama, Ryotaro Matsuda and Susumu Kitagawa

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01294G, Communication

Crystal structure and electronic properties of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) carbamate

Eunhee Jo, Young Ho Jhon, Sang Beom Choi, Jae-Goo Shim, Jun-Han Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, In-Young Lee, Kyung-Ryong Jang and Jaheon Kim

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03224G, Communication

A novel non-catalytic synthesis method for zero- and two-dimensional B₁₃C₂ nanostructures

Liap Tat Su, Sky Shumao Xie, Jun Guo, Alfred I. Y. Tok and Oleg Vasylkiv

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00296H, Paper

Cubic and rhombohedral heterobimetallic networks constructed from uranium, transition metals, and phosphonoacetate: new methods for constructing porous materials

Andrea N. Alsobrook, Brad G. Hauser, Joseph T. Hupp, Evgeny V. Alekseev, Wulf Depmeier and Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03507F, Communication

Bis(nitrate)diaquauranyl(VI) synthon to generate [1 × 2 + 1 × 1] and [1 × 1 + 1 × 1] co-crystalized 3d5f self-assemblies

Sagarika Bhattacharya, Suraj Mondal, Sujit Sasmal, Hazel A. Sparkes, Judith A. K. Howard, Malabika Nayak and Sasankasekhar Mohanta

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00332H, Paper

Europium(II) compounds: simple synthesis of a molecular complex in water and coordination polymers with 2,2′-bipyrimidine-mediated ferromagnetic interactions

Gaël Zucchi, Pierre Thuéry, Eric Rivière and Michel Ephritikhine

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02539A, Communication

Oriented silver oxide nanostructures synthesized through a template-free electrochemical route

Weifeng Wei, Xuhui Mao, Luis A. Ortiz and Donald R. Sadoway

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02214D, Paper

Covalent assistance to supramolecular synthesis: directing the supramolecular assembly of co-crystals by in situ modification of hydrogen bonding functionality

Andreas Lemmerer, Joel Bernstein and Volker Kahlenberg

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00347F, Communication

Nanoparticle-aggregated octahedral copper hierarchical nanostructures

Shaodong Sun, Chuncai Kong, Dongchu Deng, Xiaoping Song, Bingjun Ding and Zhimao Yang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00565G, Communication

Growth of polygonal rings and wires of CuS on structured surfaces

Yolanda Vasquez, Erin M. Fenton, Victoria F. Chernow and Joanna Aizenberg

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00499E, Communication

Construction of three high-dimensional supramolecular networks from temperature-driven conformational isomers

Hua-Cai Fang, Ying-Ying Ge, Hong-Yang Jia, Shan-Shan Li, Feng Sun, Li-Guo Zhang and Yue-Peng Cai

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00485E, Communication

Molten salt synthesis of K₄Nb₆O₁₇, K₂Nb₄O₁₁ and KNb₃O₈ crystals with needle- or plate-like morphology

Francesco Madaro, Ragnhild Sæterli, Julian R. Tolchard, Mari-Ann Einarsrud, Randi Holmestad and Tor Grande

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00413H, Paper

A novel 2D coordination polymer with unprecedented [Ag]₇ chains and two 3D silver–organic frameworks constructed by methylenediisophthalic acid (H₄MDIP) with strong Ag–Ag interactions

Xian Cheng, Tao Liu, Xianying Duan, Fangming Wang, Qingjin Meng and Changsheng Lu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00360C, Paper

Near achiral metal–organic frameworks from conformationally flexible homochiral ligands resulted by the preferential formation of pseudo-inversion center in asymmetric unit

Kyung Seok Jeong, Bo Hyung Lee, Qiaowei Li, Sang Beom Choi, Jaheon Kim and Nakcheol Jeong

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00426J, Communication

Hydrogen-bonded adducts between neutral molecules and [Mo(η³-methallyl)(CO)₂(HOC(py)₃)]⁺: snapshots of a deprotonation

Dolores Morales, Julio Pérez, Héctor Martínez-García, Marcos Puerto and Ignacio del Río

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00688B, Communication

Exceptions to the rule: new hydrogen-bonded networks from an old reliable

Onome Ugono, Nigam P. Rath and Alicia M. Beatty

CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00621A, Communication

Crystal growth on self-assembled monolayers

Aniruddh Singh, In Sung Lee, Kitae Kim and Allan S. Myerson

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00030B, Highlight

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

01 Nov 2010

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.

Two luminescent enantiomorphic 3D metal–organic frameworks with 3D homochiral double helices

Qilong Zhu, Tianlu Sheng, Ruibiao Fu, Chunhong Tan, Shengmin Hu and Xintao Wu

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02550J, Communication

Confined crystallization of polycrystalline high-magnesium calcite from compact Mg-ACC precursor tablets and its biological implications

Jun Jiang, Min-Rui Gao, Yun-Hao Qiu, Guang-Sheng Wang, Lei Liu, Guo-Bin Cai and Shu-Hong Yu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00153H, Paper

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks

Jacek Klinowski, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, Patrícia Silva and João Rocha

Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00708K, Perspective

Science as art: self-assembly of hybrid SiO₂-coated nanocrystals

Ping Yang, Zhimin Yuan, Jie Yang, Aiyu Zhang, Yongqiang Cao, Qinghui Jiang, Ruixia Shi, Futian Liu and Xin Cheng

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00350F, Paper

A series of complexes based on biphenyl-2,5,2′,5′-tetracarboxylic acid: syntheses, crystal structures, luminescent and magnetic properties

Dan Tian, Yu Pang, Yan-Hong Zhou, Li Guan and Hong Zhang

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00281J, Paper

Synthesis of anti-reflective and hydrophobic Si nanorod arrays by colloidal lithography and reactive ion etching

K. Y. Lai, Yi-Ruei Lin, Hsin-Ping Wang and Jr-Hau He

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00168F, Paper

Tuning the porosity of lanthanide MOFs with 2,5-pyrazinedicarboxylate and the first in situ hydrothermal carboxyl transfer

Bin Cai, Ping Yang, Jing-Wei Dai and Jian-Zhong Wu

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00340A, Paper

Synthesis and characterization of single-crystalline α-MoO₃ nanofibers for enhanced Li-ion intercalation applications

Khemchand Dewangan, Nupur Nikkan Sinha, Prashant K. Sharma, Avinash C. Pandey, N. Munichandraiah and N. S. Gajbhiye

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00271B, Paper

Spontaneous crystal growth of co-crystals: the contribution of particle size reduction and convection mixing of the co-formers

Asim Y. Ibrahim, Robert T. Forbes and Nicholas Blagden

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C004371K, Paper

Synthesis, photoluminescence, catalysis and multilayer film assembly of an ethynylpyridine platinum compound

Xing Li, Mei-Qin Zha, Shui-Ying Gao, Paul J. Low, Yuan-Zhao Wu, Ning Gan and Rong Cao

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00382D, Paper

Shape controlled synthesis of palladium nanocrystals by combination of oleylamine and alkylammonium alkylcarbamate and their catalytic activity

Baoji Hu, Kunlun Ding, Tianbin Wu, Xiaosi Zhou, Honglei Fan, Tao Jiang, Qian Wang and Buxing Han

Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03485A, Communication

Novel quadridentate salen type triple-decker sandwich ytterbium complexes with near infrared luminescence

Peng-Fei Yan, Shuo Chen, Peng Chen, Ju-Wen Zhang and Guang-Ming Li

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00553C, Communication

Growth and reductive transformation of a gold shell around pyramidal cadmium selenide nanocrystals

Michaela Meyns, Neus G. Bastus, Yuxue Cai, Andreas Kornowski, Beatriz H. Juárez, Horst Weller and Christian Klinke

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03004J, Communication

Crystalline gas of 1,1,1-trichloroethane

Maciej Bujak, Marcin Podsiadło and Andrzej Katrusiak

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00493F, Communication

Mesoporous SiO₂ and Nb₂O₅ thin films with large spherical mesopores through self-assembly of diblock copolymers: unusual conversion to cuboidal mesopores by Nb₂O₅ crystal growth

Norihiro Suzuki, Masataka Imura, Yoshihiro Nemoto, Xiangfen Jiang and Yusuke Yamauchi

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00507J, Communication

Metal–organic frameworks based on transition-metal carboxylate clusters as secondary building units: synthesis, structures and properties

Li-Min Zhao, Zhen-Jie Zhang, Shi-Yuan Zhang, Ping Cui, Wei Shi, Bin Zhao, Peng Cheng, Dai-Zheng Liao and Shi-Ping Yan

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00315H, Paper

Two cationic metal–organic frameworks based on cadmium and α,ω-alkanedisulfonate anions and their photoluminescent properties

Honghan Fei and Scott R. J. Oliver

Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01064B, Paper

One-step synthesis, growth mechanism and photoluminescence properties of hollow GeO₂ walnuts

Xu Zou, Bingbing Liu, Quanjun Li, Zepeng Li, Bo Liu, Wei Wu, Qiang Zhao, Yongming Sui, Dongmei Li, Bo Zou, Tian Cui, Guangtian Zou and Ho-Kwang Mao

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00170H, Paper

Linear aggregation and liquid-crystalline order: comparison of Monte Carlo simulation and analytic theory

Tatiana Kuriabova, M. D. Betterton and Matthew A. Glaser

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02355H, Paper

Insights into self-assembling nanoporous peptide and in situ reducing agent

Poulami Jana, Sibaprasad Maity and Debasish Haldar

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00143K, Paper

Size- and shape-controlled synthesis of ZnSe nanocrystals using SeO₂ as selenium precursor

Huaibin Shen, Jin Zhong Niu, Hongzhe Wang, Xiaomin Li, Lin Song Li and Xia Chen

Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00709A, Paper

Mononuclear discrete complexes and coordination polymers based on metal(II) chelidonate complexes with aromatic N,N-chelating ligands

Ana Belén Lago, Rosa Carballo, Nuria Fernández-Hermida and Ezequiel M. Vázquez-López

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00330A, Paper

Lysine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of urchin-like ordered arrays of mesoporous Co(OH)₂ nanowires and their application in electrochemical capacitors

Changzhou Yuan, Xiaogang Zhang, Linrui Hou, Laifa Shen, Diankai Li, Fang Zhang, Chuangang Fan and Jiamao Li

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02174A, Paper

Electrochemically assisted deposition on TiO₂ scaffold for Tissue Engineering: an apatite bio-inspired crystallization pathway

Alberto Naldoni, Alessandro Minguzzi, Alberto Vertova, Vladimiro Dal Santo, Laura Borgese and Claudia L. Bianchi

J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02446E, Paper

When a host becomes a guest—competition between decreasing hydrophobic spaces and supramolecular synthon propagation

Agata Białońska and Zbigniew Ciunik

CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00388C, Paper

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

20 Sep 2010

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.

Effect of electrocrystallization medium on quality, structural features, and conducting properties of single crystals of the (BEDT-TTF)₄A^I[Fe^III(C₂O₄)₃]·G family
T. G. Prokhorova, L. I. Buravov, E. B. Yagubskii, L. V. Zorina, S. S. Khasanov, S. V. Simonov, R. P. Shibaeva, A. V. Korobenko and V. N. Zverev
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00095G, Paper

Towards two-dimensional nanoporous networks: crystal engineering at the solid–liquid interface
Shengbin Lei, Kazukuni Tahara, Jinne Adisoejoso, Tanya Balandina, Yoshito Tobe and Steven De Feyter
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00282H, Highlight

Self-assembly of dilacunary building blocks into high-nuclear [Ln₁₆As₁₆W₁₆₄O₅₇₆(OH)₈(H₂O)₄₂]⁸⁰⁻ (Ln = Eu^III, Gd^III, Tb^III, Dy^III, and Ho^III) polyoxotungstates
Firasat Hussain and Greta R. Patzke
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C003489D, Paper

Two 3D coordination assemblies with same cluster configuration showing different magnetic behaviors: a ferromagnetic {[W(CN)₈Co₂(DMF)₈][NO₃]}_nand a paramagnetic {W(CN)₈Cu₂(py)₈}_n
Jun Qian, Huajian Zhao, Hongyang Wei, Jianghua Li, Jinfang Zhang, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Kunio Awaga and Chi Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00227E, Paper

Study of the mechanochemical formation and resulting properties of an archetypal MOF: Cu₃(BTC)₂(BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)
Wenbing Yuan, Ana Lazuen Garay, Anne Pichon, Rob Clowes, Colin D. Wood, Andrew I. Cooper and Stuart L. James
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00486C, Communication

An ultrafine nanoporous bimetallic Ag–Pd alloy with superior catalytic activity
Hong Ji, Jan Frenzel, Zhen Qi, Xiaoguang Wang, Changchun Zhao, Zhonghua Zhang and Gunther Eggeler
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00293C, Communication

Hydrothermal epitaxy of ferromagnetic cobalt doped titanium dioxide films at 120 °C
Gregory Kia Liang Goh, Kelvin Yong Seng Chan and Tao Liu
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00112K, Paper

Synthesis of Au core Au/Ag alloy shell nanoparticles using branched Au nanoparticles as seeds
Xinling Tang and Masaharu Tsuji
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00018C, Paper

A supramolecular twist to the structures of bis(polyfluorophenyl)mercurials
Glen B. Deacon, Craig M. Forsyth, Peter C. Junk, Ekaterina I. Izgorodina, Timothy J. Ness, Gerd Meyer and Ingo Pantenburg
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00258E, Paper

Surfactant-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical properties of nanoplate-assembled 3D flower-like Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O microstructures
Xiujuan Sun, Jiawei Wang, Yan Xing, Ying Zhao, Xianchun Liu, Bo Liu and Suying Hou
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00083C, Paper

Controlled assemblies of hepta- and trideca-Co^_IIclusters by a rational derivation of salicylalde schiff bases: microwave-assisted synthesis, crystal structures, ESI-MS solution analysis and magnetic properties
Lian-Qiang Wei, Bing-Wen Li, Sheng Hu and Ming-Hua Zeng
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00085J, Paper

Four new coordination polymers constructed from benzene tricarboxylic acid: synthesis, crystal structure, thermal and magnetic properties
Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Mohan Bhadbhade and John Arron Stride
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00600A, Paper

Facile synthesized nanorod structured vanadium pentoxide for high-rate lithium batteries
Anqiang Pan, Ji-Guang Zhang, Zimin Nie, Guozhong Cao, Bruce W. Arey, Guosheng Li, Shu-quan Liang and Jun Liu
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01306D, Paper

Synthesis of bioactive class II poly(γ-glutamic acid)/silica hybrids for bone regeneration
Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Claudia Ionescu, Olga Tsigkou, Muthu Murugesan, Robert G. Hill, Molly M. Stevens, John V. Hanna, Mark E. Smith and Julian R. Jones
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM00930J, Paper

Selective CO₂ and H₂ adsorption in a chiral magnesium-based metal organic framework (Mg-MOF) with open metal sites
Arijit Mallick, Subhadeep Saha, Pradip Pachfule, Sudip Roy and Rahul Banerjee
J. Mater. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01125H, Paper

PbSe nanocrystal growth as nanocubes and nanorods on peptide nanotubes via different directed-assembly pathways
Menglu Shi, Wei Su and Hiroshi Matsui
Nanoscale, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00457J, Communication

Microporous polyimide networks with large surface areas and their hydrogen storage properties
Zhonggang Wang, Bufeng Zhang, Hao Yu, Lixian Sun, Chengli Jiao and Wanshuang Liu
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02489A, Communication

Rapid one-pot synthesis of LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn) colloidal nanocrystals by supercritical ethanol process
Dinesh Rangappa, Koji Sone, Masaki Ichihara, Tetsuichi Kudo and Itaru Honma
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03034A, Communication

Low-temperature mass production of superconducting MgB2 nanofibers from Mg(BH4)2 decomposition and recombination
Junzhi Yang, Jie Zheng, Xuanzhou Zhang, Yaoqi Li, Rong Yang, Qingrong Feng and Xingguo Li
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02745F, Communication

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This week’s CrystEngSelects

02 Sep 2010

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)₁₄water cages with cyclic (H₂O)₄tetramer 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

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17 Aug 2010

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 Ga₂O₃nanoplate 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

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