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Solid state double [2 + 2] photochemical reactions in the co-crystal forms of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one: establishing mechanism using single crystal X-ray, UV and 1H NMR
Ramkinkar Santra and Kumar Biradha
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00612B
Read the most-read CrystEngComm articles of January 2011, listed below:
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Check out the latest cover for CrystEngComm issue 4 published online now:
COVER ARTICLE
CEC issue 4 cover image
Crystalline hydrates and propylene glycol solvates of celecoxib sodium salt (Cel-Na) were prepared and characterized with the aim of improving oral drug absorption by breaking up the H-bonding interactions present in crystals of the poorly soluble marketed form of the drug.
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Remenar et al., CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 1047-1048
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE90004H, Cover
This issue of CrystEngComm is a themed issue focussing on Crystal Growth, guest edited by Professor Jennifer Swift. Other articles in this exciting issue include communications and papers by Lara Estroff, Joanna Aizenberg, Bart Kahr and Allan Myerson. Browse the issue.
Check out these amazing images in a recent CrystEngComm Advance Article by Zhaobin Qiu and Yan Yang.
Crystallisation kinectics and morphology of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-ethylene succinate) depend significantly on both the comonomer composition and crystallisation temperature. This should yield a better understanding of the structure-property relationship of biodegradable polymers.
Crystallisation kinetics and morphology of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-ethylene succinate) copolyesters: effects of comonomer composition and crystallization temperature
Yan Yang and Zhaobin Qiu*
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00598c
For more fascinating crystal images, why not take a look at our Crystal Clear blog posts
Here is this week’s selection of advanced articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals.
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Articles are chosen from: ChemComm, CrystEngComm, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, Nanoscale, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. |
A CrystEngComm Hot article on using nanofibre mats to remineralise tooth enamel has been picked up by the society magazine Chemistry World.
This fascinating paper from Stephen Mann’s group at Bristol University, describes a way to reduce hypersensitivity in teeth.
Read the Chemistry World news story, or access the original paper:
Electrospun mats of PVP/ACP nanofibres for remineralization of enamel tooth surfaces
Jane Fletcher, Dominic Walsh, Christabel Emma Fowler and Stephen Mann
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00806K, Paper
Here, Christopher Pigge (University of Iowa, US) discusses both the advantages and disadvantages that can arise 
when using flexible components in crystal engineering. Both organic (mainly triaroylbenzenes) and metal-organic framework systems derived from flexible ligands are reviewed.
Read the Highlight by Christopher Pigge here.
F. Christopher Pigge
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00417k
Chemistry World 
are hosting the first Chemistry World webinar on 31 January. This will include an active audience in Burlington House and be FREE to watch online.
Find out more by reading the blog, and to find out how to register.
Connecting Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry on the Internet – ChemSpider
Monday 31 January 2011
In this HOT article, in CrystEngComm, Chen and co-workers from Harbin Institute of Technology, China report on the morphology and assembly-controlled synthesis of PbTe 3D nanostructures via a facile solvothermal method. They found that the addition of different amounts of glucose can mediate the nucleation and growth of PbTe, resulting in the formation of 3D architectures from 2D nanosheets and nanocrystals. Other factors affecting the morphology such as the amount of NaOH and the volume ratio of ethanol to water, were systematically investigated. The electrical conductivity was also dependent on the morphology.
PbTe hierarchical nanostructures: solvothermal synthesis, growth mechanism and their electrical conductivities
Rencheng Jin, Gang Chen,* Qun Wang, Jian Pei, Jingxue Sun and Yang Wang
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00455C, Paper
The striking cover image depicts a vending machine for different layered motifs. In pressing the different molecule buttons, you get either a single layer, bilayer or polar single layer networks (from top to bottom).
Take a closer look at the cover image here.
Alicia Beatty’s group from the Univeristy of Missouri-St Louis, USA, describe the syntheses and crystal structures of lamellar solids constructed from 3,5-pyrazole dicarboxylic acid and amines and that sterically demanding groups impose different hydrogen-bonding connectivity. In the past this combination has resulted in one recurring layer motif.
Want to read more about Beatty et al.’s paper?
Exceptions to the rule: new hydrogen-bonded networks from an old reliable
Onome Ugono, Nigam P. Rath and Alicia M. Beatty*
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 753-758
O hydrogen bonded grid, stair or bilayer structures by L-shaped pyridinium salts 
