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Take a look at July’s HOT articles and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website. 

Growth of high quality single crystals of strontium doped (Nd,Pr)-nickelates, Nd_2−xSrxNiO_4+δ and Pr_2−xSr_xNiO_4+δ
O. Wahyudi, M. Ceretti, I. Weill, A. Cousson, F. Weill, M. Meven, M. Guerre, A. Villesuzanne, J.-M. Bassat and W. Paulus
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00906E 

Free to access until 6^th August 2015 

1D iron(II) spin crossover coordination polymers with 3,3′-azopyridine – kinetic trapping effects and spin transition above room temperature
Sophie Schönfeld, Charles Lochenie, Peter Thoma and Birgit Weber
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00800J

Free to access until 6^th August 2015

Diamond crystallization from an Mg–C system under high pressure, high temperature conditions
Y. N. Palyanov, Y. M. Borzdov, I. N. Kupriyanov, A. F. Khokhryakov and D. V. Nechaev
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 4928-4936
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00897B

Free to access until 6^th August 2015

Scalable synthesis of djurleite copper sulphide (Cu1.94S) hexagonal nanoplates from a single precursor copper thiocyanate and their photothermal properties 
Donghwan Yoon, Haneul Jin, Suho Ryu, Suhyun Park, Hionsuck Baik, Seung Jae Oh, Seungjoo Haam, Chulmin Joo and Kwangyeol Lee 
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 4627-4631 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00638D 

Free to access until 6^th August 2015 

Macroscopic glass-permeated single-crystals of fresnoite 
Wolfgang Wisniewski, Marcus Nagel and Christian Rüssel 
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 5019-5025 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00856E 

Free to access until 6^th August 2015

Synergy of Mg²⁺ and poly(aspartic acid) in additive-controlled calcium carbonate precipitation 
Stefan L. P. Wolf, Kathrin Jähme and Denis Gebauer 
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00452G 

Free to access until 6^th August 2015

Take a look at the below HOT articles for the month of May and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Manufacture of dense CAU-10-H coatings for application in adsorption driven heat pumps: optimization and characterization
M. F. de Lange, T. Zeng, T. J. H. Vlugt, J. Gascon and F. Kapteijn
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00789E

Free to access until 30^th June 2015

Regiospecific growth of Au on a concave PtZn nanocube forming an Au–PtZn surface mosaic nanocube and an Au–PtZn octapod
Ki Woong Lee, Hyohyun An, Seungjoo Haam, Hionsuck Baik and Kwangyeol Lee
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00429B

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

In situ total X-ray scattering study of the formation mechanism and structural defects in anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles under hydrothermal conditions
Jian-Li Mi, Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, Christoffer Tyrsted, Martin Bremholm and Bo B. Iversen
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00544B

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

Tracking the transformations of mesoporous microspheres of calcium silicate hydrate at the nanoscale upon ibuprofen release: a XANES and STXM study
Xiaoxuan Guo, Zhiqiang Wang, Jin Wu, Yongfeng Hu, Jian Wang, Ying-Jie Zhu and Tsun-Kong Sham
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00500K

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

Blue light production by type-I non-critical phase matching second-harmonic generation in La(Ca_1−xSrx)₄O(BO₃)₃ single crystals
Alexandru Achim, Lucian Gheorghe, Flavius Voicu and George Stanciu
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00125K

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

High quality β-FeOOH nanostructures constructed by a biomolecule-assisted hydrothermal approach and their pH-responsive drug delivery behaviors
Xinyu Zhang, Juan Ge, Bo Lei, Yumeng Xue and Yaping Du
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00559K

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

Recent advances in the construction of lanthanide–copper heterometallic metal–organic frameworks
Shaowei Zhang and Peng Cheng
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00237K

Free to access until 16^th June 2015

Isotopomeric polymorphism in a “doubly-polymorphic” multi-component molecular crystal
Marc Schmidtmann, Derek S. Middlemiss and Chick C. Wilson
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00123D

Free to access until 25^th May 2015

Static and lattice vibrational energy differences between polymorphs
Jonas Nyman and Graeme M. Day
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00045A

 Free to access until 25th May 2015

Structural insights into the hexamorphic system of an isoniazid derivative
D. Hean, T. Gelbrich, U. J. Griesser, J. P. Michael and A. Lemmerer
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00275C

Free to access until 25^th May 2015

Three anhydrous forms and a dihydrate form of quifenadine hydrochloride: a structural study of the thermodynamic stability and dehydration mechanism
Artis Kons, Ligita Rutkovska, Agris Bērziņš, Raitis Bobrovsa and Andris Actiņš
CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 3627-3635
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00426H

Take a look at March’s HOT articles below and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks. The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Understanding the packing in the 1:1 molecular complex 1,3,5-tricyanobenzene–hexamethylbenzene by probing lattice modes
John A. Stride
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00328H

Free to access until 23^rd April 2015

Influence of oxygen partial pressure on SrTiO₃ bulk crystal growth from non-stoichiometric melts
Christo Guguschev, Dirk J. Kok, Zbigniew Galazka, Detlef Klimm, Reinhard Uecker, Rainer Bertram, Martin Naumann, Uta Juda, Albert Kwasniewski and Matthias Bickermann
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00095E

Free to access until 14^th April 2015

Crystallization and disorder of the polytypic α₁ and α₂ polymorphs of piroxicam
Pratik P. Upadhyay and Andrew D. Bond
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00050E

Free to access until 14^th April 2015

Take a look at February’s HOT articles below and remember that these are only free to access for 4 weeks! The HOT article have been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

New, intermediate polymorph of CeAlO₃ with hexagonal structure – formation and thermal stability
Małgorzata A. Małecka and Leszek Kępiński
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02201G 

Free to access until 25^th March 2015

Template-free synthesis of mesoporous anatase titania hollow spheres and their enhanced photocatalysis
Changchao Jia, Ping Yang, Hsueh-Shih Chen and Junpeng Wang
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02358G

Free to access until 25^th March 2015

Fabrication of arrays of high-aspect-ratio diamond nanoneedles via maskless ECR-assisted microwave plasma etching
Yang Yang, Muk-Fung Yuen, Xianfeng Chen, Shanshan Xu, Yongbing Tang and Wenjun Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02267J

Free to access until 9^th March 2015

Rapid crystal growth of type-II clathrates A₈Na₁₆Si₁₃₆ (A = K, Rb, Cs) by spark plasma sintering
Yongkwan Dong and George S. Nolas
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02221A

Free to access until 9^th March 2015

Tunability of guest release properties and crystal structures in a supramolecular benzothiophene heterocyclic host complex
Takashi Wakabayashi, Sayaka Kitamura, Hideyuki Tabata, Reiko Kuroda and Yoshitane Imai
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02496F

Free to access until 9^th March 2015

A new year brings a new crop of HOT articles for the beginning of 2015. As always, these are free to access for 4 weeks. These have also been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Zero-strain reductive intercalation in a molecular framework
Joshua A. Hill, Andrew B. Cairns, Jared J. K. Lim, Simon J. Cassidy, Simon J. Clarke and Andrew L. Goodwin
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02364A

Free to access until 26^th February 2015

Solid state structures of p-cresol revisited
Eustina Batisai, Vincent J. Smith, Susan A. Bourne and Nikoletta B. Báthori
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02334J

Free to access until 26^th February 2015

Room temperature heliconical twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
Yuan Wang, Gautam Singh, Dena M. Agra-Kooijman, Min Gao, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Chenming Xue, Michael R. Fisch, Satyendra Kumar and Quan Li
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02502D

Free to access until 26^th February 2015

Solvent control in the formation of supramolecular host–guest complexes of isoniazid with p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene
Oksana Danylyuk, Helena Butkiewicz, Anthony W. Coleman and Kinga Suwinska
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02383H

Free to access until 26^th February 2015

We have our year end batch of HOT articles which are free to access for 4 weeks. These have also been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

A 3D porous supramolecular architecture via π–π assembly of 2D metal–organic frameworks (MOFs): structure-versus-luminescence reversibility and gas adsorption properties
Chih-Chieh Wang, Gia-Bin Sheu, Szu-Yu Ke, Chi-Yang Shin, Yu-Jen Cheng, Yi-Ting Chen, Chia-Hsing Cho, Mei-Lin Ho, Wen-Tin Chen, Ru-Hsio Liao, Gene-Hsiang Lee and Hwo-Shuenn Sheu
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01849D

Free to access until 6^th January 2015

Flux-mediated crystal growth of metal oxides: synthetic tunability of particle morphologies, sizes, and surface features for photocatalysis research
Jonathan Boltersdorf, Nacole King and Paul A. Maggard
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01587H

Free to access until 6^th January 2015

Trinuclear {Sr[UO₂L₃]₂(H₂O)₄} and pentanuclear {Sr[UO₂L₃]₄}²⁻ uranyl monocarboxylate complexes (L-acetate or n-butyrate ion)
Anton V. Savchenkov, Vladislav V. Klepov, Anna V. Vologzhanina, Larisa B. Serezhkina, Denis V. Pushkin and Viktor N. Serezhkin
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02103G

Free to access until 1^st January 2015

Bulk crystal growth of hybrid perovskite material CH₃NH₃PbI₃
Yangyang Dang, Yang Liu, Youxuan Sun, Dongsheng Yuan, Xiaolong Liu, Weiqun Lu, Guangfeng Liu, Haibing Xia and Xutang Tao
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02106A

Free to access until 1^st January 2015

We have a new crop of HOT articles which are free to access for 4 weeks. These have also been compiled into a collection and are available for viewing on our website.

Will it crystallise? Predicting crystallinity of molecular materials
Jerome G. P. Wicker and Richard I. Cooper
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01912A

Free to access until 28^th December 2014

New evidence of a thermodynamically stable nanophase: CdS in 4 M KOH–tert-butanol solution
Jinsheng Zheng, Xiaogang Xue, Dongsong Li and Yibing Zhao
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01901F

Free to access until 28^th December 2014

Morphology-controlled synthesis and structural characterization of ternary Al_xGa_1−xN nanostructures by chemical vapor deposition
Fei Chen, Xiaohong Ji and Qinyuan Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01886A

Free to access until 28^th December 2014

Tuning the size and shape of nano-boehmites by a free-additive hydrothermal method
Pablo Pardo, Noemí Montoya and Javier Alarcón
CrystEngComm, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02094D

Free to access until 28^th December 2014