CrystEngComm Blog

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

Self assembly of shape-controlled ZnS nanostructures with novel yellow light photoluminescence and excellent hydrophobic properties 
Weina Jia ,  Boxiang Jia ,  Xiang Wu and Fengyu Qu  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25144B     

Additive controlled crystallization 
Rui-Qi Song and Helmut Cölfen  
CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 1249-1276 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00419G     

A VO-Seeded Approach for the Growth of Star-Shaped VO2 and V2O5 Nanocrystals: Facile Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Elucidation of Electronic Structure 
Luisa Whittaker ,  Jesus M. Velazquez and Sarbajit Banerjee  
CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 5328-5336 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00832J     

A Mixed-Valence Lanthanide Metal-Organic Framework Templated by 2,2′-Bipyridine Formed In Situ Reaction: Synthesis, Structure, and Luminescent Properties 
Bowei Cai ,  Yanwei Ren ,  Huanfeng Jiang ,  De Zheng ,  Dabin Shi ,  Yuying Qian and Jun Chen  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 5285-5288 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25160D     

Single Crystalline LiMnPO4 Flowerlike Hierarchical Microstructures for Lithium-Ion Batteries 
Ping Nie ,  Laifa Shen ,  Fang Zhang ,  Lin Chen ,  Haifu Deng and Xiaogang Zhang  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4284-4288 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25094B     

Synthesis of a 3D photochromic coordination polymer with interpenetrating arrangement: crystal engineering for electron transfer between donor and acceptor units 
Yi Tan ,  Hengjun Chen ,  Jie Zhang ,  Shijun Liao ,  Jingcao Dai and Zhiyong Fu  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 5137-5139 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25618E     

Tuning Crystal-phase and Shape of Fe2O3 Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications 
Xiaoling Mou ,  Xuejiao Wei ,  Yong Li and Wenjie Shen  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 5107-5120 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25109D     

Five porphyrin-core-dependent metal-organic frameworks and framework-dependent fluorescent properties 
Chao Zou ,  Ming-Hua Xie ,  Guo-Qiang Kong and Chuan-De Wu  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4850-4856 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25357G     

Discovery, Development, and Functionalization of Zr(IV)- Based Metal-Organic Frameworks 
Min Kim and Seth M. Cohen  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4096-4104 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06491J     

An unusual (4,10)-connected 3-D metal–organic framework based on a non-planar tricarboxyl tecton and tetracadmium(II) secondary building units 
Shao-Ming Fang ,  Min Chen ,  Xiao-Gang Yang ,  Cong Wang ,  Miao Du and Chun-Sen Liu 
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 5299-5304 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25194A     

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

Porous metal–organic framework based on a macrocyclic tetracarboxylate ligand exhibiting selective CO2 uptake
Wen-Yang Gao ,  Youhong Niu ,  Yao Chen ,  Lukasz Wojtas ,  Jianfeng Cai ,  Yu-Sheng Chen and Shengqian Ma
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25484K

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

NiO nanomaterials: controlled fabrication, formation mechanism and the application in lithium-ion battery
Jianmin Ma ,  Jiaqin Yang ,  Lifang Jiao ,  Yuhua Mao ,  Taihong Wang ,  Xiaochuan Duan ,  Jiabiao Lian and Wenjun Zheng
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 453-459    DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05567D

Layer-by-layer assembly of supramolecular hexagonal blocks driven by CH–p and p–p interactions
Muhammad Moazzam Naseer and Shahid Hameed
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4247-4250    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25118C

Recent advances in porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks: materials design, synthetic strategies, and emerging applications
Brandon J. Burnett ,  Paul M. Barron and Wonyoung Choe
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3839-3846    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06692K

Synthesis of Mn3O4 nanowires and their transformation to LiMn2O4 polyhedrons, application of LiMn2O4 as a cathode in a lithium-ion battery
Xing Zhang ,  Zheng Xing ,  Yang Yu ,  Qianwen Li ,  Kaibin Tang ,  Tao Huang ,  Yongchun Zhu ,  Yitai Qian and Dong Chen
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 1485-1489    DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06289A

Two unprecedented strontium(ii) and cadmium(ii) MOFs constructed from 2-naphthyl imidazole dicarboxylate ligand
Mengwei Guo ,  Nan Chen ,  Zhifang Yue ,  Yu Zhang and Gang Li
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25314C

Stabilization of O–Mn–O clusters (Mn5) in three dimensionally extended MOF structures: synthesis, structure and properties
Saurav Bhattacharya ,  K. V. Ramanujachary ,  S. E. Lofland ,  Travis Magdaleno and Srinivasan Natarajan
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4323-4334    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06386G

Two metal–organic frameworks with unique high-connected binodal network topologies: synthesis, structures, and catalytic properties
Guang-Hua Cui ,  Cui-Hong He ,  Cui-Huan Jiao ,  Jian-Chen Geng and Vladislav A. Blatov
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4210-4216    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25264C

Controllable hydrothermal synthesis of manganese dioxide nanostructures: shape evolution, growth mechanism and electrochemical properties
Xiaochuan Duan ,  Jiaqin Yang ,  Haiyan Gao ,  Jianmin Ma ,  Lifang Jiao and Wenjun Zheng
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4196-4204    DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06587H

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Submissions are now open for our themed issue focusing on covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and closely-related materials such as porous molecular crystals, with Guest Editor Andy Cooper. Manuscripts concerning all aspects of these materials including synthesis, structure determination, theory, properties and applications are welcome.

To fit with the scope of the journal, the emphasis is on crystalline materials, although studies concerning the synthetic engineering of 3-D structure in amorphous networks, such as covalent organic polymers, might be appropriate for consideration providing that a clear link between molecular structure and extended structure is established.

The deadline for submissions is 22^nd August 2012. Communications, full papers and Highlight are welcome and can be submitted online with a note specifying the manuscript it is intended for the themed issue.

Please note that all submissions are subject to the usual peer-review process and inclusion within the themed issue is subject to the manuscript fitting both the scope of the journal and the themed issue, if you have any questions about the issue or the journal please don’t hesitate contact the Editorial Office.

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

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  

SnO2 hollow nanospheres enclosed by single crystalline nanoparticles for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells 
Hua Wang ,  Bo Li ,  Jian Gao ,  Ming Tang ,  Hongbin Feng ,  Jinghong Li and Lin Guo  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06531B  

Supramolecular architecture of silver(I) coordination polymers containing polydentate N-donor ligands 
Kittipong Chainok ,  Suzanne M. Neville ,  Craig M. Forsyth ,  William J. Gee ,  Keith S. Murray and Stuart R. Batten  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3717-3726 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25225B  

Structural diversity in imidazole and carboxylate-containing metal complexes dependent on the alkaline reagents 
Hai-Wei Kuai ,  Jian Fan ,  Qing Liu and Wei-Yin Sun  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3708-3716 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25062D  

Modification of luminescent properties of a coumarin derivative by formation of multi-component crystals 
Dongpeng Yan ,  Amit Delori ,  Gareth O. Lloyd ,  Bhavnita Patel ,  Tomislav Friščić ,  Graeme M. Day ,  Dejan-Krešimir Bučar ,  William Jones ,  Jun Lu ,  Min Wei ,  David G. Evans and Xue Duan  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25217A  

Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of VO2 hollow microspheres 
F. Y. Kong ,  M. Li ,  X. Y. Yao ,  J. M. Xu ,  A. D. Wang ,  Z. P. Liu and G. H. Li  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3858-3861 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25199J  

Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanowires and nanotubes based on AAO templates 
Zhenghua Su ,  Chang Yan ,  Ding Tang ,  Kaiwen Sun ,  Zili Han ,  Fangyang Liu ,  Yanqing Lai ,  Jie Li and Yexiang Liu  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 782-785 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06236D  

Shape-controlled synthesis of ZnSn(OH)6 crystallites and their HCHO-sensing properties 
Lixian Han ,  Jie Liu ,  Zhengjun Wang ,  Kun Zhang ,  Hui Luo ,  Bo Xu ,  Xing Zou ,  Xiao Zheng ,  Bin Ye and Xibin Yu  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3380-3386 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06583E  

Bottom-up assembly of hierarchical Cu2O nanospheres: controllable synthesis, formation mechanism and enhanced photochemical activities 
Shaodong Sun ,  Xiaozhe Zhang ,  Xiaoping Song ,  Shuhua Liang ,  Liqun Wang and Zhimao Yang  
CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 3545-3553 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25071C  

Highly rigid and stable porous Cu(i) metal–organic framework with reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal structural transformation 
Sudip Mohapatra ,  Hiroshi Sato ,  Ryotaro Matsuda ,  Susumu Kitagawa and Tapas Kumar Maji  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06701C  

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

Syntheses, crystal structures and luminescent properties of Zn(ii)/Cd(ii) supramolecular complexes incorporating 4-sulfinobenzoate and its in situ oxidized ligand 
Huang Wang ,  Li-Hua Huo ,  Zhao-Peng Deng ,  Hui Zhao and Shan Gao  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3501-3508 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06584C     

New compounds constructed from polyoxometalates and transition metal coordination complexes with lower positive charge 
Yan Wang ,  Yu Peng ,  Li-Na Xiao ,  Yang-Yang Hu ,  La-Mei Wang ,  Zhong-Min Gao ,  Tie-Gang Wang ,  Feng-Qing Wu ,  Xiao-Bing Cui and Ji-Qing Xu  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1049-1056 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05633F     

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     

Facile synthesis of flower-like 3D ZnO superstructures via solution route 
Yongjiang Sun ,  Li Wang ,  Xuegang Yu and Kezheng Chen  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3199-3204 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06335B     

One-pot shorter time synthesis of Cu2O particles and nanoframes with novel shapes 
Lihua Yang ,  Yongming Sui ,  Wenyan Zhao ,  Wuyou Fu ,  Haibin Yang ,  Lina Zhang ,  Xiaoming Zhou ,  Shuli Cheng ,  Jinwen Ma ,  Hui Zhao and Minghui Li  
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6265-6270 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05505D    
 
Porous TiO2 hollow nanospheres: synthesis, characterization and enhanced photocatalytic properties 
Haijiao Zhang ,  Guidong Du ,  Wenqi Lu ,  Lingli Cheng ,  Xuedong Zhu and Zheng Jiao  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3793-3801 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06731E     

Construction of coordination frameworks based on 4-imidazolyl tecton 1,4-di(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene and varied carboxylic acids 
Shui-Sheng Chen ,  Yue Zhao ,  Jian Fan ,  Taka-aki Okamura ,  Zheng-Shuai Bai ,  Zhi-Hao Chen and Wei-Yin Sun  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3564-3576 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06632G     

Porous organic molecular materials 
Jian Tian ,  Praveen K. Thallapally and B Peter McGrail  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1909-1919 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06457J     

Cu-mediated solid-state reaction in a post-functionalized metal–organic framework 
Marie Savonnet ,  Jérôme Canivet ,  Serge Gambarelli ,  Lionel Dubois ,  Delphine Bazer-Bachi ,  Vincent Lecocq ,  Nicolas Bats and David Farrusseng  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE00017B     

pH-Dependent syntheses of copper–quinoxaline–polyoxotungatate hybrids: variable role of Keggin-type polyanion in different pH conditions 
Ying-Nan Chi ,  Feng-Yun Cui ,  Ai-Rui Jia ,  Xiao-Yu Ma and Chang-Wen Hu 
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3183-3188 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06327A     

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

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, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06488J     

The role of mechanochemistry and supramolecular design in the development of pharmaceutical materials 
Amit Delori ,  Tomislav Friščić and William Jones  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2350-2362 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06582G  
   
Synthesis, structure, fluorescent and magnetic properties of a series of coordination polymers based on a long and flexible bis-triazole ligand 
Nan Wang ,  Yue-Chao Feng ,  Wei Shi ,  Bin Zhao ,  Peng Cheng ,  Dai-Zheng Liao and Shi-Ping Yan  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2769-2778 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06290A   
  
Co-crystals of caffeine and piracetam with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid: Unravelling the hidden hydrates of 1:1 co-crystals
Srinivasulu Aitipamula ,  Pui Shan Chow and Reginald B. H. Tan  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2381-2385 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25080B  
  
a-Fe2O3 hierarchically nanostructured mesoporous microspheres: Surfactant-free solvothermal combined with heat treatment synthesis, photocatalytic activity and magnetic property 
Jing-San Xu and Ying-Jie Zhu  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2702-2710 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06473A    
 
Chloromethylation as a functionalisation pathway for metal–organic frameworks 
Maarten G. Goesten ,  Karthick B. Sai Sankar Gupta ,  Enrique V. Ramos-Fernandez ,  Hossein Khajavi ,  Jorge Gascon and Freek Kapteijn  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06594K  
   
Co-crystals of caffeine with substituted nitroanilines and nitrobenzoic acids: Structure–mechanical property and thermal studies 
Soumyajit Ghosh and C. Malla Reddy  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2444-2453 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06754D   
  
Construction of Cd(ii) coordination polymers based on R-isophthalate (R = –CH3 or –OCH3) and flexible N-donor co-ligands: Syntheses, structures and photoluminescence 
Min-Le Han ,  Jian-Ge Wang ,  Lu-Fang Ma ,  Hui Guo and Li-Ya Wang 
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2691-2701 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06511H     

Morphology control of rutile TiO2 hierarchical architectures and their excellent field emission properties 
Debabrata Sarkar ,  Chandan. K. Ghosh and Kalyan K. Chattopadhyay  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2683-2690 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06392A   
  
Guest-dependent host structures and host-induced guest assemblies 
Hye Jeong Park and Myunghyun Paik Suh  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 2748-2755 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06040J    
 
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This month sees the following articles in CrystEngComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Porous organic molecular materials 
Jian Tian ,  Praveen K. Thallapally and B Peter McGrail  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1909-1919 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06457J   

Some thoughts about the single crystal growth of small molecules 
Bernhard Spingler ,  Stephan Schnidrig ,  Tonya Todorova and Ferdinand Wild  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 751-757 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05624G  
 
Two-dimensional frameworks built from Single-Molecule Magnets 
Athanassios D. Katsenis ,  Ross Inglis ,  Alessandro Prescimone ,  Euan K. Brechin and Giannis S. Papaefstathiou  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1216-1218 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06536C   

Discovery, development, and functionalization of Zr(iv)-based metal?organic frameworks 
Min Kim and Seth M. Cohen  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06491J   

Synthon preferences in cocrystals of cis-carboxamides:carboxylic acids 
Alaina M. Moragues-Bartolome ,  William Jones and Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06241K   

Structural isomerism of an anionic nanoporous In-MOF with interpenetrated diamond-like topology 
Ja-Min Gu ,  Sung-Jin Kim ,  Youngmee Kim and Seong Huh  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1819-1824 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06538J   

Co-crystals of the antiretroviral nevirapine: crystal structures, thermal analysis and dissolution behaviour 
Mino R. Caira ,  Susan A. Bourne ,  Halima Samsodien ,  Emile Engel ,  Wilna Liebenberg ,  Nicole Stieger and Marique Aucamp  
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06507J   

Deciphering anion?p-acceptor interactions and detecting fluoride using a naphthalenediimide-based Pd(ii) coordination polymer 
Samit Guha ,  Flynt S. Goodson ,  Ronald J. Clark and Sourav Saha  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1213-1215 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06363H   

Self-assembly fabrication of 3D flower-like ZnO hierarchical nanostructures and their gas sensing properties 
Haijiao Zhang ,  Ruofei Wu ,  Zhiwen Chen ,  Gang Liu ,  Zongnan Zhang and Zheng Jiao  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1775-1782 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06163A   

Temperature-induced assembly of MOF polymorphs: Syntheses, structures and physical properties 
Guang-Xiang Liu ,  Heng Xu ,  Hong Zhou ,  Sadafumi Nishihara and Xiao-Ming Ren  
CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1856-1864 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05369H   

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