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IUPAC Update: Coordination polymer/MOF nomenclature

06 Feb 2012

Following on from the previous blog last year ‘IUPAC Survey: Coordination polymer/MOF nomenclature’, we can now report the IUPAC division of Inorganic Chemistry has published a Highlight article ‘Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines’. The paper is a summary of the work of the task group so far and the interactions they have had with scientists in the area.

The most common terms are coordination polymer and metal-organic framework and it can be difficult to know which structures are covered by which names and what these names mean to different people. This paper introduces the different ideas between various groups and provides an agenda for further work in the area.

Given the significance and interest of this article it has been made free to access until the end of March and can be downloaded below.

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

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‘Lighting up’ MOFs

06 Feb 2012

Interest in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) has escalated in recent years due to potential applications in gas storage, catalysis and ion-exchange. The growing demand for these multifunctional materials imposes expectations of certain properties, which are often met by variations in construction and choice of linking ligands.

Luminescence of the Pb(II) butyrate crystals

This Advance Article by Francisco Javier Martínez Casado and colleagues from Spain and Italy reports the synthesis, structural characterisation and photophysical properties of two new lead(II) butyrate-based compounds, with 3-dimensional MOF architechtures. Metal and ligand selection were targeted towards obtaining active luminescent materials, particularly due to the intense optical properties of lead(II) and the characteristic amphiphilic behaviour (organic or inorganic) of the family of metal alkanoates, also known as ‘metal soaps’.

The crystal structures of the compounds are very similar, with luminescence detected for the first time during data collection (see left). Analysis of the photoluminescence properties by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and steady-state fluorescence and lifetime measurements revealed exciting optical properties for the two lead(II) compounds. Excitation by UV radiation resulted in intense fluorescence indicating potential applications in the tuning of emission energies of MOFs. Future work in this area will explore these crystalline systems as potential host structures to generate electro- and photo- responsive materials for novel molecular devices.

Read the full article to find out more!

Luminescent lead(II) complexes: new three-dimensional mixed ligand MOFs
Francisco Javier Martínez Casado, Laura Cañadillas-Delgado, Fabio Cucinotta, Andrés Guerrero-Martínez, Miguel Ramos Riesco, Leonardo Marchese and José Antonio Rodríguez Cheda
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06546K

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Happy Chinese New Year

23 Jan 2012

The CrystEngComm team wishes you success in the Year of the Dragon, and we hope that you enjoy your New Year holiday.

In celebration we have made these recently promoted CrystEngComm Hot articles free to read for the whole of February:

Investigation on the influence of cerium doping form on the luminescence properties of Lu0.8Sc0.2BO3 scintillation crystals
Yuntao Wu, Guohao Ren, Dongzhou Ding, Fan Yang and Shangke Pan
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06332H

Large organic single crystal sheets grown from the gas–liquid and gas–liquid–solid interface
Hui Shang, Huan Wang, Na Gao, Fangzhong Shen, Xianjie Li and Yuguang Ma
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05989K

Three novel organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on decaoxovanadates obtained from a new liquid phase reaction
Yao-Kang Lv, Zhan-Guo Jiang, Li-Hua Gan, Ming-Xian Liu and Yun-Long Feng
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05605K

Copper sulfide cages wholly exposed with nanotwinned building blocks
Shaodong Sun, Xiaoping Song, Chuncai Kong, Dongchu Deng and Zhimao Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE06135F

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CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript!

17 Jan 2012

CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript! Read it here now……

On the origin of the electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) β–phase nucleation by ferrite nanoparticles via surface electrostatic interactions
Pedro Martins, Carlos M Costa, Maria Benelmekki, Gabriela Botelho and Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
CrystEngComm, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06654H

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2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering

11 Jan 2012

Christer Aakeroy, co-Vice Chair of the GRC

The 2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering is taking place this year from June 10-15, 2012 at Waterville Valley Resort, NH, USA. This GRC will be chaired by Robin Rogers, with co-Vice-Chairs Mike Zaworotko and CrystEngComm Associate Editor, Christer Aakeroy. The meeting will also include a new and exciting Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) in which only students and postdocs may present or lead discussions. More information is available on the GRC website.

The 2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering follows the highly successful first ever GRC on Crystal Engineering (2010) which had over 160 international participants. Read about my experience at the excellent 2010 GRC in this editorial.

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Building with Bucky-Blocks

09 Jan 2012

Building with Bucky-Blocks 2D and 3D coordination networks with fullerene guests are promising candidates for superconducting materials, with potential applications in gas and information storage.

Edwin Constable and colleagues at the University of Basel, Switzerland have reported the intercalation of a fullerene molecule into a network containing octahedral nickel nodes. Using a layering technique, crystals of 1,2-dichlorobenzene and fullerene templated nickel coordination networks were grown and characterised by IR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The encapsulation of fullerene results in the assembly of [3 + 3] macrocycles, connected into 2-dimensional sheets through the nickel nodes and fullerene-free [6 + 6] macrocycles.

Read the full paper to find out more, and to see the pretty structures!

Bucky-blocks: templating a coordination network with C₆₀
Edwin C. Constable, Guoqi Zhang, Catherine E. Housecroft and Jennifer A. Zampese
CrystEngComm, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE06156B

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100th Anniversary of crystal X-ray diffraction

06 Jan 2012

As lots of you may already know this year is the 100th anniversary of Max Laue’s discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals! German chemist Laue published a paper on his findings in 1912 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914. According to his Nobel Lecture (as detailed on the Nobel Prize website), the discovery originated when he was discussing problems related to the passage of waves of light through a periodic, crystalline arrangement of particles. The idea then came to him that the much shorter electromagnetic rays, which X-rays were supposed to be, would cause in such a medium some kind of diffraction or interference phenomena and that a crystal would provide such a medium. More information about Laue and his intriguing story can be found on the Nobel website.

Of course crystallography has come a long way since then as we see in CrystEngComm every day. For example, many groups are now even looking at x-ray diffraction of crystals under pressure as featured in our recent themed issue.

I’m sure there are many events happening around the world to commemorate this discovery – one which has already come to my notice is at the 20th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society which will be held at the University of Munich, 12-15 March, 2012. In a dedicated ‘Laue Day’ they plan to analyze historical and future perspectives of diffraction methods.

If you are planning to hold an event to highlight the anniversary why not let us know by posting a comment on this blog post below……

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Call for Papers: Post-synthetic Modification of Coordination Networks

06 Jan 2012

We are pleased to announce an upcoming themed issue on post-synthetic modification of coordination networks, guest edited by Andy Burrows and Seth Cohen. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

Post-synthetic modification is becoming an increasingly important technique in preparing functional network structures. This Themed Issue will highlight the current status of this rapidly growing and evolving area, as well as mapping out future directions. When considering articles for this themed issue, the terms ‘post-synthetic modification’ and ‘coordination network’ will be taken in their broadest senses, so while postsynthetic modifications can involve covalent bond forming and breaking, they can alternatively refer to making or breaking coordination bonds or other framework changes. Coordination networks can include any extended structure based on coordination bonds, including coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks.

How to submit?

All types of manuscript, Communications, Full Papers and Highlights, will be considered for publication. We aim to publish this themed issue in the second half of 2012 and therefore would like to receive manuscripts by 31st January 2012. The manuscript should be prepared according to the format for regular articles and should be submitted via our online system. All invited manuscripts will be subject to the normal refereeing procedure.

Read some related CrystEngComm Highlight articles:

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

Mixed-component metal–organic frameworks (MC-MOFs): enhancing functionality through solid solution formation and surface modifications Andrew D. Burrows
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 3623-3642
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00568A

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IUPAC Update: Coordination polymer/MOF nomenclature

‘Lighting up’ MOFs

Top ten most accessed articles in December

Happy Chinese New Year

CrystEngComm publishes its first Accepted Manuscript!

2012 GRC on Crystal Engineering

Top ten most accessed articles in November

Building with Bucky-Blocks

100th Anniversary of crystal X-ray diffraction

Call for Papers: Post-synthetic Modification of Coordination Networks

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