Read our Editors’ Collection: MOF based catalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction

We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Metal Organic Framework based catalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction, handpicked by Editorial Board Member Professor Tong-Bu Lu, Tianjin University of Technology, China.

All of these articles are free to access until December 31st, 2020 and we hope you enjoy reading them.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your research to CrystEngComm and give your work the global visibility it deserves.

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Selected articles:

Covalently anchoring cobalt phthalocyanine on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction
Zhongjie Yang, Xiaofei Zhang, Chang Long, Shuhao Yan, Yanan Shi, Jianyu Han, Jing Zhang, Pengfei An, Lin Chang and Zhiyong Tang
CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 1619-1624.

Polymorphs of a copper coordination compound: interlinking active sites enhance the electrocatalytic activity of the coordination polymer compared to the coordination complex
Pandi Muthukumar, Mehboobali Pannipara, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, Dohyun Moon and Savarimuthu Philip Anthony
CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 425-429.

Understanding metal–organic frameworks for photocatalytic solar fuel production
J. G. Santaclara, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon and M. A. van der Veen
CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4118-4125.

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Meet the Editor

Tong-Bu Lu was born in 1964. He graduated in Chemistry from Lanzhou University in 1993, and then moved to Sun Yat-Sen University as a Postdoc. joining the Faculty and then becoming Professor of Chemistry in 2000. He moved to Tianjing University of Technology in 2016. He worked as a postdoc. in F. Albert Cotton’s group at Texas A&M University in 1998 and 2002. His research interests focus on crystal engineering, including macrocyclic chemistry, MOFs and pharmaceutical polymorphs and co-crystals. He currently focuses on the study on homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction. He obtained the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Youth Scholar award in 2006. He has over 200 scientific publications and an h-index of 43. He is currently a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), is on the Editorial Board of CrystEngComm, the Editorial Advisory Board of Current Green Chemistry and Current Pharmaceutical Design and is a co-editor of Acta Crystallographica Section C.

 

 

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CrystEngComm 2020 publications in the field of Crystal Growth

We are pleased to let you know that we have collated all the articles published in CrystEngComm this year to date, in the field of Crystal Growth, into one collection. Please enjoy browsing the full collection here:

https://rsc.li/ce-crystalgrowth

A few select examples of the articles in this collection are shown below and are all free to access until September 30th 2020.

Chemical bath deposition of transparent ZnO films incorporated with erythrosine B molecules and their synergetic electro/photochromic properties
Ryousuke Yumiyama, Daiki Hyakutake, Manabu Hagiwara, Eiji Hosono, Hirofumi Matsuda and Shinobu Fujihara
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2447-2453
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00167H
The different magnetic relaxation behaviors in [Fe(CN)6]3− or [Co(CN)6]3− bridged 3d–4f heterometallic compounds
Ruirui Wang, Haili Wang, Juan Wang, Feifei Bai, Yue Ma, Licun Li, Qinglun Wang, Bin Zhao and Peng Cheng
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2998-3004
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00039F
New pronounced progress in the synthesis of group 5 polyoxometalates
Joanna Dopta, Lisa K. Mahnke and Wolfgang Bensch
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3254-3268
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00315H
Tailoring the preferable orientation relationship and shape of α-FeSi2 nanocrystals on Si(001): the impact of gold and the Si/Fe flux ratio, and the origin of α/Si boundaries
Ivan A. Tarasov, Tatiana E. Smolyarova, Ivan V. Nemtsev, Ivan A. Yakovlev, Mikhail N. Volochaev, Leonid A. Solovyov, Sergey N. Varnakov and Sergey G. Ovchinnikov
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3943-3955
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00399A
Recent experimental explorations of non-classical nucleation
Biao Jin, Zhaoming Liu and Ruikang Tang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 4057-4073
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00480D

 

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Congratulations to the CrystEngComm Poster Prize Winner at ACA 70th American Crystallographic Association

The ACA 70th American Crystallographic Association meeting took place virtually on Sunday, 2nd to Friday, 7th August 2020. This year’s annual meeting included a special COVID-19 session, plenary lectures from 2020 ACA Award winners, invited and contributed talks, poster presentations, and practical workshops.  The conference featured the latest research results and instructional presentations, across topics of interest to all scientists who need to understand the arrangement of atoms in matter. Scientists interested in molecular and materials structure, with specialties in biology, chemistry, geosciences, materials science and more participated to exchange scientific research findings and technique know-how.

CrystEngComm sponsored a poster prize and congratulations go to the winner David Villaman, Pontifica Universidad Catolica Valparaiso, Chile “Structural Studies of Manganese(III) Complex with Spin-Crossover and Thermochromic Properties”

Congratulations also go to the CrystEngComm Poster Prize Honorable Mention, Lana Hiscock, Wilfrid Laurier University, “Controlling π-Stacking Interactions in a Series of Novel Heteroacene Derivatives”

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CrystEngComm 2020 publications in the fields of Supramolecular & Polymorphism

We are pleased to let you know that we have collated all the articles published in CrystEngComm this year to date, in the fields of Supramolecular chemistry and Polymorphism, into one collection. Please enjoy browsing the full collection here:

https://rsc.li/ce-supra-poly

A few select examples of the articles in this collection are shown below and are all free to access until September 30th 2020.

Supramolecular association of M2+π induced by different electrostatic properties using naphthyl substituted β-diketonate complexes (metal = Cu, Pd, Pt)
Takumi Kusakawa, Takayuki Goto and Akiko Hori
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3090-3094
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00416B
The axial chirality hidden in vitamin D and its application in cocrystal prediction
Mengfei Guo, Zaiyong Zhang, Zhaoqiang Chen, Qiaoce Ding, Liye Lu, Qi Zhang, Jian-Rong Wang and Xuefeng Mei
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3095-3099
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00229A
Enhanced near-infrared luminescence in Ln2Cd2 (Ln = Nd, Yb) heterotetranuclear complexes
Yue Qi, Ou Sun, Yanyan Zhou, Yuan Yao, Zhenyu Cheng, Ting Gao and Hongfeng Li
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3287-3293
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00341G
Relevant π-hole tetrel bonding interactions in ethyl 2-triazolyl-2-oxoacetate derivatives: Hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT calculations
Muhammad Naeem Ahmed, Khawaja Ansar Yasin, Shahid Aziz, Saba Urooge Khan, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Diego Mauricio Gil and Antonio Frontera
CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 3567-3578
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00335B
Halogen bonded metal bis(dithiolene) 2D frameworks
Hadi Hachem, Olivier Jeannin, Marc Fourmigué, Frédéric Barrière and Dominique Lorcy
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3579-3587
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00512F

 

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CrystEngComm 2020 publications in the field of Nanomaterials

We are pleased to let you know that we have collated all the articles published in CrystEngComm this year to date, in the field of Nanomaterials, into one collection. Please enjoy browsing the full collection here:

https://rsc.li/ce-nano

A few select examples of the articles in this collection are shown below and are all free to access until September 30th 2020.

Defective crystal plane-oriented induced lattice polarization for the photocatalytic enhancement of ZnO
Xiaojuan Bai, Boxuan Sun, Xuyu Wang, Tianshuo Zhang, Qiang Hao, Bing-Jie Ni, Ruilong Zong, Ziyang Zhang, Xiaoran Zhang and Haiyan Li
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2709-2717
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CE01966A
Designed synthesis of unique ZnS@CdS@Cd0.5Zn0.5S-MoS2 hollow nanospheres for efficient visible-light-driven H2 evolution
Bowen Sun, Hui Wang, Jiakun Wu, Yanling Geng, Jixiang Xu, Yaowei Wang, Yanyan Li, Haifeng Lin and Lei Wang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2743-2755
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00064G
Lanthanide-doped bismuth-based fluoride nanoparticles: controlled synthesis and ratiometric temperature sensing
Pengpeng Lei, Ran An, Chengyu Li, Jing Feng and Hongjie Zhang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3432-3438
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00435A
MIL-88A@polyoxometalate microrods as an advanced anode for high-performance lithium ion batteries
Xiangchen Zhao, Guiling Niu, Hongxun Yang, Jiaojiao Ma, Mengfei Sun, Minghang Xu, Weiwei Xiong, Tongyi Yang, Lizhuang Chen and Changhua Wang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3588-3597
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00197J
Controlled synthesis of three dimensional hierarchical graphene nanostructures from metal complexes as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
Xiuli Li, Feng Zhang, Ban Fei, Yu Song, Bin Zhai and Xiuying Wang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3608-3617
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00492H

 

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Read Our Editor’s Collection: Zirconium based MOFs for catalysis

We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Zirconium based MOFs for catalysis, handpicked by Editorial Board Member Omar K. Farha, Northwestern University, USA.

These articles are free to access until September 30th, 2020 and we hope you enjoy reading them.

We are very pleased to invite you to submit your research to CrystEngComm and give your work the global visibility it deserves.

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Selected articles:

Single crystal structure and photocatalytic behavior of grafted uranyl on the Zr-node of a pyrene-based metal–organic framework
Julia G. Knapp, Xuan Zhang, Tatyana Elkin, Laura E. Wolfsberg, Sylvia L. Hanna, Florencia A. Son, Brian L. Scott and Omar K. Farha
CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 2097-2102

Ferrocenecarboxylic acid: a functional modulator for UiO-66 synthesis and incorporation of Pd nanoparticles
Zheng Deng, Xinsheng Peng and Yu-Jia Zeng
CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 1772-1779

Synthesis, characterization, and post-synthetic modification of a micro/mesoporous zirconium–tricarboxylate metal–organic framework: towards the addition of acid active sites
Carolina Ardila-Suárez, Ana M. Díaz-Lasprilla, Laura A. Díaz-Vaca, Perla B. Balbuena, Víctor G. Baldovino-Medrano and Gustavo E. Ramírez-Caballero
CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 3014-3030

Read the full collection here

Meet the Editor

Omar K. Farha is an associate professor of chemistry at Northwestern University, Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, president of NuMat Technologies, and Associate Editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards and honours including the Royal Society of Chemistry “Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career” Award; the American Chemical society “The Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science; and an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University in his honour: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership “awarded for stewardship, cooperation and leadership in the finest pursuit of research in chemistry” and given annually to an outstanding research scientist working in the department. His current research spans diverse areas of chemistry and materials science ranging from energy to defence related challenges. Specifically, his research focuses on the rational design of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous-organic polymers for sensing, catalysis, storage, separations and light harvesting. Professor Farha has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, holds 13 patents, and has been named a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thomson Reuters in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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CrystEngComm 2020 publications in the field of Crystal Engineering Techniques

We are pleased  to let you know that we have collated all the articles published in CrystEngComm this year to date, in the field of Crystal Engineering Techniques, into one collection. Please enjoy browsing the full collection here:

https://rsc.li/crystengtech

A few select examples of the articles in this collection are shown below and are all free to access until September 30th 2020.

Phase transitions and photoluminescence switching in hybrid antimony(III) and bismuth(III) halides
Nannan Shen, Zeping Wang, Jiance Jin, Liaokuo Gong, Zhizhuan Zhang and Xiaoying Huang
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3395-3405
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00057D
Doping of metal-free molecular perovskite with hexamethylenetetramine to create non-centrosymmetric defects
Hagino Morita, Ryo Tsunashima, Sadafumi Nishihara and Tomoyuki Akutagawa
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2279-2282
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00173B
Mesoporogen-free synthesis of hierarchical HZSM-5 for LDPE catalytic cracking
Yunhao Zang, Jinying Wang, Jianfeng Gu, Jiangying Qu and Feng Gao
CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 3598-3607
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00255K
Achievement of enhanced solubility and improved optics in molecular complexes based on a sulfonate–pyridinium supramolecular synthon
Ishtiyaq Ahmad, Arshid A. Ganie and Aijaz A. Dar
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3933-3942
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00346H
Substituent effects on the crystallization mechanisms of 7-chloro-4-substituted-quinolines
João P. P. Copetti, Paulo R. S. Salbego, Tainára Orlando, Jéssica M. L. Rosa, Gabriela F. Fiss, João P. G. de Oliveira, Mário L. A. A. Vasconcellos, Nilo Zanatta, Helio G. Bonacorso and Marcos A. P. Martins
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 4094-4107
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00214C

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CrystEngComm 2020 publications in the field of Coordination Networks

We are very pleased to let you know that we have collated all the articles published in CrystEngComm this year to date, in the field of Coordination networks, into one collection. Please enjoy browsing the full collection here:

https://rsc.li/ce-mofs

 

A few select examples of the articles in this collection are shown below and are all free to access until September 30th 2020.

Coligand effects on the architectures and magnetic properties of octahedral cobalt(II) complexes with easy-axis magnetic anisotropy
Yuewei Wu, Jing Xi, Jinhui Yang, Weiming Song, Shuchang Luo, Zheng Wang and Xiangyu Liu
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2297-2303
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CE01871A
Flexible bifunctional monoethylphosphonate/carboxylates of Zn(II) and Co(II) reinforced with DABCO co-ligand: paradigmatic structural organization with pcu topology
Anna Goldman, Beatriz Gil-Hernández, Simon Millan, Serkan Gökpinar, Christian Heering, Ishtvan Boldog and Christoph Janiak
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2933-2944
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00275E
Controlling water structure and behavior: design principles from metal organic nanotubular materials
Lindsey C. Applegate and Tori Z. Forbes
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3406-3418
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00331J
Two Co-based MOFs assembled from an amine-functionalized pyridinecarboxylate ligand: inorganic acid-directed structural variety and gas adsorption properties
Zhenzhen Jiang, Ping Zhou, Tingting Xu, Lihui Fan, Simin Hu, Jingxian Chen and Yabing He
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3424-3431
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00475H
Silver clusters templated by homo- and hetero-anions
Zhong-Hua Pan, Cheng-Long Deng, Zhi Wang, Jin-Qing Lin, Geng-Geng Luo and Di Sun
CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 3736-3748
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00489H

 

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Congratulations to the CrystEngComm Poster and Oral Prize Winners at the 6.5th Crystal Engineering & Emerging Materials Workshop of Ontario & Quebec (CEMWOQ-6.5)

The 6.5th Crystal Engineering & Emerging Materials Workshop of Ontario & Quebec (CEMWOQ-6.5) took place virtually on Saturday, 30th to Sunday, 31st May 2020.  The event brought together academic, and industrial researchers (students, faculty, and staff) working on the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of materials, with a focus on solid state chemistry and crystal engineering. The workshop enabled the exchange of ideas, serving as an educational and networking event for students, as well as academic and industrial professionals.

CrystEngComm sponsored two poster prizes and one oral prize.

Congratulations go to Daniel Cutler and Navkiran Kaur Juneja who both won Outstanding Poster Presentation prizes.

And congratulation go to Christopher Taylor who won the Oral Presentation prize.

The winners all received a journal certificate and a cash prize.

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Congratulations to the CrystEngComm poster prize winners at the 2nd International Conference on “Crystal Engineering: From Molecule to Crystals” CEFMC 2020

The 2nd International Conference on Crystal Engineering: From molecule to crystals was held virtually on Friday June 19th Saturday June 20th 2020. This conference series started in India in 2019 with the aim of bringing the Crystal Engineering community together, to discuss both the fundamental concepts and the latest developments in the field. The conference was comprised of invited lectures, short lectures and poster presentations.

CrystEngComm sponsored three poster prizes at this year’s meeting and they were awarded to:

Remya Ramakrishnan, IISER Trivandrum, for the poster entitled: Anomalous Halogen−Halogen Interaction Assists Radial Chromophoric Assembly Shailabh Tewari, IIT Delhi, India for the poster entitled: Engineering Multidimensional Structures Based on Anderson-Evans Cluster – Inorganic Molecular Ruby Amit Mondal, IISER Kolkata for the poster entitled: Metal-like Ductility and Malleability in Organic Plastic Crystals



 

 

 The winners all received a journal certificate and a cash prize.

CrystEngComm sends warmest congratulations to the winners!

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