This week’s CrystEngSelects

Here is this week’s selection of advanced articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals.

Articles are chosen from:
ChemComm,
CrystEngComm,
Dalton Transactions,
Journal of Materials Chemistry,
New Journal of Chemistry,
Nanoscale,
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Peter W. Roesky, Asamanjoy Bhunia, Yanhua Lan, Annie K. Powell and Sven Kureti, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04881J, Communication
 
Dogru, Andreas Sonnauer, Andrei Gavryushin, Paul Knochel and Thomas Bein, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03792C, Communication
 
Yichang Pan, Yunyang Liu, Gaofeng Zeng, Lan Zhao and Zhiping Lai, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05002D, Communication
 
Shu Jun Zhen, Feng Ling Guo, Li Qiang Chen, Yuan Fang Li, Qing Zhang and Cheng Zhi Huang, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03205K, Communication
 
Stuart M. Clarke, Tomislav Friščić, William Jones, Anasuya Mandal, Chenguang Sun and Julia E. Parker, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04400H, Communication
 
Md. Minarul Islam, Famil Valiyev, Hsiu-Feng Lu, Ming-Yu Kuo, Ito Chao and Yu-Tai Tao, Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04773B, Communication
 
Naoaki Yabuuchi, Yuto Yamakawa, Kazuhiro Yoshii and Shinichi Komaba, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01523G, Communication
 
Jaursup Boonmak, Motohiro Nakano and Sujittra Youngme, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00853B, Paper
 
Saifang Huang, Zhaohui Huang, Yan-gai Liu and Minghao Fang, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00658K, Paper
 
José Martínez-Lillo, Donatella Armentano, Giovanni De Munno, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve and Juan Faus, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01323D, Communication
 
Takashi Okubo, Naoya Tanaka, Kyung Ho Kim, Haruho Anma, Shu Seki, Akinori Saeki, Masahiko Maekawa and Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01065K, Paper
 
Edward E. Foos, Thomas J. Zega, Joseph G. Tischler, Rhonda M. Stroud and Janice E. Boercker, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03074K, Paper
 
Peicai Wu, Yu Dai, Yu Ye, Yang Yin and Lun Dai, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02778B, Paper
 
J.-H. Kim, K.-T. Lee, Y. N. Kim and A. Manthiram, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03230A, Paper
 
Manabu Itoh, Masatoshi Tokita, Hiromitsu Hegi, Teruaki Hayakawa, Sungmin Kang and Junji Watanabe, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03161E, Communication
 
Lianmeng Wang, Lihua Wang, Enzhong Tan, Lidong Li, Lin Guo and Xiaodong Han, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02610G, Paper
 
Bharat B. Kale, Jin-Ook Baeg, Ki-jeong Kong, Sang-Jin Moon, Latesh K. Nikam and Kashinath R. Patil, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02890H, Paper
 
Xi-Li Li, Lai-Fu He, Xiang-Li Feng, You Song, Min Hu, Li-Feng Han, Xian-Jun Zheng, Zhi-Hong Zhang and Shao-Ming Fang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00826E, Communication
 
Joseph T. Lenthall, Jonathan A. Foster, Kirsty M. Anderson, Michael R. Probert, Judith A. K. Howard and Jonathan W. Steed, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00680G, Paper
 
Xing Yi Woo, Reginald B. H. Tan and Richard D. Braatz, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00637H, Paper
 
Jaume Cugat, Rosa Maria Solé, Joan J. Carvajal, Maria Cinta Pujol, Xavier Mateos, Francesc Díaz and Magdalena Aguiló, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00647E, Paper
 
Nicholas C. S. Kee, Paul D. Arendt, Li May Goh, Reginald B. H. Tan and Richard D. Braatz, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00585A, Paper
 
Keith P. Donegan, Jeffrey F. Godsell, Joseph M. Tobin, Justin P. O’Byrne, David J. Otway, Michael A. Morris, Saibal Roy and Justin D. Holmes, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00759E, Paper
 
Zilu Chen, Xuxian Wu, Suni Qin, Chaohai Lei and Fupei Liang, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00624F, Paper
 
Lili Wang and Lian Gao, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00236D, Paper
 
Xiu-Li Wang, Hong-Yan Lin, Bao Mu, Ai-Xiang Tian, Guo-Cheng Liu and Ning-Hai Hu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00400F, Paper
 
Hongchao Yang, Xuemei Zhou, Tengteng Tang, Xiaoying Qi, Chenxuan Wang, Jinyao Lan, Yinshu Wang, Yanlian Yang and Gang Liu, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 4007-4011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00437E, Communication

 

 

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Top Ten most-read CrystEngComm articles in November

Read the most-read CrystEngComm articles of November 2010, listed below:

Huaibin Shen, Hongzhe Wang, Zhaojun Tang, Jin Zhong Niu, Shiyun Lou, Zuliang Du and Lin Song Li, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1733-1738
DOI: 10.1039/B909063K
 
Haiyan He, Jianmin Dou, Dacheng Li, Huiqing Ma and Daofeng Sun, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00047G
 
Lu-Ping Zhu, Gui-Hong Liao, Nai-Ci Bing, Ling-Ling Wang, Yang Yang and Hong-Yong Xie, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 3791-3796
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00038H
 
Xian Cheng, Tao Liu, Xianying Duan, Fangming Wang, Qingjin Meng and Changsheng Lu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00360C
 
Yun Ling, Zhen-Xia Chen, Ya-Ming Zhou, Lin-Hong Weng and Dong-Yuan Zhao, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00546K
 
Baiyan Li, Guanghua Li, Dan Liu, Yu Peng, Xiaojing Zhou, Jia Hua, Zhan Shi and Shouhua Feng, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00252F
 
Okan Z. Yeşilel, Hakan Erer and Orhan Büyükgüngör, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00308E
 
Hyuma Masu, Yuko Sagara, Fumiaki Imabeppu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Kosuke Katagiri, Masatoshi Kawahata, Masahide Tominaga, Hiroyuki Kagechika, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Isao Azumaya, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 406-409
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00301H
 
Kyung Seok Jeong, Bo Hyung Lee, Qiaowei Li, Sang Beom Choi, Jaheon Kim and Nakcheol Jeong, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00426J
 
Guang-Sheng Yang, Hong-Ying Zang, Ya-Qian Lan, Xin-Long Wang, Chun-Jie Jiang, Zhong-Min Su and Lian-De Zhu, CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00259C

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HOT Article: Using supercritical water to make hybrid ceria nanoparticles

In this CrystEngComm Hot article, Minori Taguchi and colleagues make CeO2 nanoparticles with hydrophilic polymers attached to the surface. Hybrid nanoparticles like these are especially useful as they allow the physical properties of the metal oxide to be combined with the desirable tunablity of the organic molecules.

Ceria nanoparticles are used in many applications from three-way catalysts to oxygen ion conductors, and also in cosmetics, for their UV shielding.

Read the full article to see how these researchers used an efficient supercritical hydrothermal method to make these interesting particles…

READ FOR FREE until 5th February

Supercritical hydrothermal synthesis of hydrophilic polymer-modified water-dispersible CeO2 nanoparticles
Minori Taguchi, Seiichi Takami, Tadafumi Adschiri, Takayuki Nakane, Koichi Sato and Takashi Naka
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00467G, Paper

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Interview: Davide Proserpio talks to CrystEngComm

Davide Proserpio discusses topological crystal chemistry, amongst other things, with CrystEngComm

Professor Proserpio works in the field of applied theoretical chemistry at the Dipartimento di Chimica Strutturale e Stereochimica Inorganica in Milan, Italy.  He is a member of the CrystEngComm advisory board.

1) Why did you to become a scientist?

I was child with a very enquiring mind, always curious about the fact of nature and science.  So I decided to find some high school that could give me a good scientific background, and the only one available near my hometown was a technical school in chemistry… so I started chemistry at 14 and I never abandoned the field!

2) What projects are you working on at the moment?

Applications of what I call “topological crystal chemistry” to all possible crystal structures from the entanglements in coordination networks, to the analysis of the zeolites and intermetallics compounds in terms of nanoclusters, to the nets formed by halogen bonding.

3) What do you think will be the next big breakthrough in your field?

I dream of a computer expert system that will predict with a high probability the overall topology (including possible entanglements) for a coordination framework composed of a given set of building units.

4) How do you think crystal engineering will develop in the next five years?

The number of examples of planned synthesis of predicted architectures will increase, and there will be market application of MOFs.

5) What is the most rewarding aspect of your work?

To work in connection with people all around the world and from very different backgrounds, from crystallographers, to mathematician and physicists.  And being able to put them in connection to solve complex problems.

6) What is the secret to a successful research group?

Interdisciplinarity and an open mind.

7) What achievement are you most proud of?

Two computer programs:

CACAO (Computer Aided Composition of Atomic Orbitals) for Extended Huckel calculation on PC following the applied theoretical chemistry approach I learned from Carlo Mealli and Roald Hoffmann, and TOPOS, that is written and developed mostly by my friend Vladislav Blatov, but that I helped to extend to the field of topological crystal chemistry.

8 ) What advice would you give to a young scientist?

Don’t get too narrow minded in your field but look around for connections.

9) What would you do if you weren’t a scientist?

I never think in terms of “what if”, but my other interests are movies and cuisine… so probably a chef or a movie critic…
or both?

10) Can you tell us a little known fact about yourself?

I like to read modern comics, in particular graphic novels :  Will Eisner, Jiro Taniguchi, Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco…

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Doubt cast on X-ray structure of trapped reactive species

A recent post on the ChemComm Blog is generating some interesting discussion.   The blog post outlines the claims of a ChemComm article by Henry Rzepa (Imperial College, London, UK), that casts some doubts over a recently published article in Science (Y.-M. Legrand, A. van der Lee, M. Barboiu, Science 2010, 329, 299-302). 

Why not join in the debate! Post your comments on the ChemComm blog  (https://blogs.rsc.org/cc/2010/12/23/doubt-cast-on-x-ray-structure-of-trapped-reactive-species/)

The ChemComm article(Henry S. Rzepa, Chem. Commun. 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10/1039/C0CC04023A) is free to access until 25th January 2011.

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Professor Song Gao – a new Associate Editor for CrystEngComm

I am delighted to announce that CrystEngComm has a new Associate Editor, Professor Song Gao from Peking University, China.

Song Gao is a Cheung Kong Professor, Dean of the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University, Deputy Director of Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Song has been a member of the CrystEngComm Editorial Board for the last three years in his previous role as Regional Associate Editor for China. He will be delighted to receive your papers in his new role as Associate Editor. Submit a manuscript to Song.

 Song’s research interests are magnetic ordered coordination polymers, molecular nanomagnets, molecular and crystal engineering, and multifunctional molecular materials. You can find out more about Professor Gao and his research into the mysterious world of molecular magnetism on his website


To celebrate Song’s appointment we have made some of his recent CrystEngComm articles FREE to read until the 22nd December! Hurry, find out more about his latest research now:

M2(N3)4(hmt)(H2O) (M = Co2+ and Ni2+, hmt = hexamethylenetetramine): mixed azide-hmt bridged 3D metal frameworks with long-range magnetic ordering
Ru-Yin Li, Zhe-Ming Wang and Song Gao
CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2096-2101 DOI: 10.1039/B906694M, Paper 

Four 2D metal–organic networks incorporating Cd-cluster SUBs: hydrothermal synthesis, structures and photoluminescent properties
Shuangquan Zang, Yang Su, Yi-Zhi Li, Jianguo Lin, Xianying Duan, Qingjin Meng and Song Gao
CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 122-129 DOI: 10.1039/B806899B, Paper

Transition metal coordination frameworks with bridges of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane-N,N′-dioxide incorporating anions of different size
Hao-Ling Sun, Zhe-Ming Wang, Song Gao and Stuart R. Batten
CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1796-1802 DOI: 10.1039/B810245G, Paper

Three-dimensional metal–organic frameworks constructed from bix and 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylate
Jing Yao, Zhen-Da Lu, Yi-Zhi Li, Jian-Guo Lin, Xian-Ying Duan, Song Gao, Qing-Jin Meng and Chang-Sheng Lu
CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1379-1383 DOI: 10.1039/B805263H, Paper

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HOT Article: Mapping the empty spaces in crystals

This latest paper from Mark A. Spackman‘s group, based at the University of Western Australia, explores the void space in crystal structures.

An appreciation of the empty spaces in crystalline materials is vital to our understanding of how these materials behave, and in this paper, these scientists do just that. They use a new computational modelling approach to map the voids in molecular solids. Their method can be applied to molecular crystals, organic, metal–organic and inorganic polymers, so that we can understand and improve their use in various applications from gas storage to catalysis and separation.

Read this CrystEngComm Hot article FOR FREE until January 20th.

Visualisation and characterisation of voids in crystalline materials
Michael J. Turner, Joshua J. McKinnon, Dylan Jayatilaka and Mark A. Spackman
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00683A, Paper

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CrystEngComm Cover Image: Issue 2 now published

In this fortnight’s issue of CrystEngComm the outside cover showcases work by O-Pil Kwon and colleagues at Ajou University, Suwon, Korea and collaborators at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and the Nonlinear Optics Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland . The image shows a N-benzyl stilbazolium nonlinear optical chromophore with a non-polar benzyl group achieving acentric molecular ordering in the crystalline state.

The inside cover was produced by Mathias Wagner and co-workers, and shows thermally induced crystal-to-crystal transformations accompanied by changes in the magnetic properties of a CuII-p-hydroquinonate polymer.

View the issue online here: CrystEngComm Issue 2, 2011

Outside cover article:

Acentric nonlinear optical N-benzyl stilbazolium crystals with high environmental stability and enhanced molecular nonlinearity in solid state
Pil-Joo Kim, Jae-Hyeok Jeong, Mojca Jazbinsek, Seong-Ji Kwon, Hoseop Yun, Jong-Taek Kim, Yoon Sup Lee, In-Hyung Baek, Fabian Rotermund, Peter Günter and O-Pil Kwon
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 444-451
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00456A, Paper

Inside cover article:

Thermally induced crystal-to-crystal transformations accompanied by changes in the magnetic properties of a CuII-p-hydroquinonate polymer
Ngoc Hien Phan, Ivan Halasz, Ingo Opahle, Edith Alig, Lothar Fink, Jan W. Bats, Pham Thanh Cong, Hans-Wolfram Lerner, Biprajit Sarkar, Bernd Wolf, Harald O. Jeschke, Michael Lang, Roser Valentí, Robert Dinnebier and Matthias Wagner
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 391-395
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00367K, Communication

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Hot Article: Modifying morphology with magnetism!

In this CrystEngComm Hot Article, Anne-Lise Daltin and colleagues show that high magnetic field can modify crystal morphology. Read their paper to discover how the influence of forces generated by the magnetic field effects the mechanism of Cu2O growth.

Read for FREE until the 20th January!

Morphology of magneto-electrodeposited Cu2O microcrystals 
Anne-Lise Daltin, Ahmed Addad, Patrick Baudart and Jean-Paul Chopart
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article  DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00691B, Paper

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Happy Christmas from CrystEngComm

The Editorial Board and team at CrystEngComm would like to wish all their readers a very merry Christmas.

We are looking forward to an exciting time next year, with 24 issues of high quality crystal engineering research to appear in 2011. Following on from a fantastic year, where CrystEngComm acheived a 2009 impact factor of 4.18, we are expecting great things in 2011. Read the CrystEngComm editorial for more information.

The RSC Publishing office will be closed over Christmas, from 25th December until 4th January. We look forward to receiving your submission in the New Year. Submit your paper online now.

Best wishes and have a safe and happy holiday,

CrystEngComm Editorial Office

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