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Investigation on the interconversion from DMF-solvated to unsolvated copper(II) pyrazolate coordination polymers

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00370K, Paper
Corrado Di Nicola, Alessia Tombesi, Marco Moroni, Rebecca Vismara, Fabio Marchetti, Riccardo Pettinari, Luca Nardo, Guglielmo Vesco, Simona Galli, Silvia Casassa, Luciano Pandolfo, Claudio Pettinari
Enlarging the family of CPs with the {Cu(μ-pz)2} building unit: synthesis, thermal behaviour, crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of [Cu(μ-4-Xpz)2(μ-DMF)]n (4-Xpz = 4-Xpyrazolate, X = H, Cl, Br, I) and the non-solvated counterparts.
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Supramolecular association of M2+⋯π induced by different electrostatic properties using naphthyl substituted β-diketonate complexes (metal = Cu, Pd, Pt)

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00416B, Communication
Takumi Kusakawa, Takayuki Goto, Akiko Hori
Expanded π-conjugated coordination complexes, [M(L2)2] (M = Cu2+, Pd2+, Pt2+; L2 = dinaphthoylmethanido), were prepared and their unique electron contributions and electrophile/nucleophile characteristics were found due to the supramolecular associations.
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Synthesis and investigation alkaline energetic coordination polymers based on 1,2,3-triazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid for green component of pyrotechnic

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00317D, Paper
Zhen-Li Yang, Jian Qin, Jun- Qing Yang , Jianguo Zhang
Research on novel energetic coordination polymers (ECPs) is becoming increasingly important for energetic materials, numerous ECPs were reported and found to be potential energetic materials. In this study, 4,5-dicarboxylic-1,2,3-triazolean was...
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Mesoporogen-free synthesis of hierarchical HZSM-5 for LDPE catalytic cracking

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00255K, Paper
Yunhao Zang, Jinying Wang, Jianfeng Gu, Jiangying Qu, Feng Gao
Herein, a mesoporogen-free, and steam-assisted route is proposed to synthesize highly crystalline hierarchical HZSM-5 using Stöber silica spheres as the precursor. The effect of crystallization time on the morphology and...
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Role of Surface Phenomena on the Reaction of Molecular Solids: the Diels-Alder Reaction on Pentacene

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00269K, Paper
Selma Piranej, Michael A. W. Shelhart Sayers, Gregory J. Deye, Sergey N. Maximoff, Jonathan P. Hopwood, Haejun Park, Jean G. Slavsky, Jacob Ciszek
Reactivity trends for molecular solids cannot be explained exclusively through topochemical phenomenon (i.e. diffusivity, reaction cavities) or electronic structure of the molecules. As an example of this class, Diels-Alder reactions...
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One-dimensional chains based on linear tetranuclear copper(I) units: reversible structural transformation and luminescence change

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00294A, Paper
Chih-Tung Yang, Xiang-Kai Yang, Ji-Hong Hu, Wei-Te Lee, Tsun-Ren Chen, Chih-Chieh Wang, Jhy-Der Chen
Two extended metal chains based on linear tetracopper units are reported, in which the bromide complex undergoes reversible structural transformation and luminescence change.
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Silver clusters templated by homo- and hetero-anions

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00489H, Highlight
Zhonghua Pan, chenglong deng, zhi wang , Jin-Qing Lin, Geng-Geng Luo, Di Sun
Silver clusters with atomic precision have garnered immense attention owing to their aesthetic structures and fascinating properties. Assembly of silver clusters involves organizing positively charged silver ions into an intricate...
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A water-stable terbium metal-organic framework with functionalized ligands for the detection of Fe3+, Cr2O72- ions in water and picric acid in seawater

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00430H, Paper
Hai-Huan Yu, Jia-Qi Chi, Zhong-Min Su, Xiao Li, Jing Sun, Chen Zhou, Xiao-Li Hu, Qun Liu
The existence of Cr2O72- anions, excessive Fe3+ cations in water and picric acid in seawater have irreversible harm to human health and aquatic organism. Herein, a water-stable terbium metal-organic framework...
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Synthesis of the finger-like MoS2@VS2 micro-nano composite with enhanced field emission performance

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00347F, Paper
Yu Feng, Erwei Du, Shijing Gong, Ke Yu, Xiaofan Chen, Ziqiang Zhu
The MoS2@VS2 micro-nano composite was synthesized via a two-step hydrothermal method. The field emission properties of MoS2@VS2 micro-nano composite were investigated for the first time. The finger-like VS2 has a...
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Freezing-induced silk I crystallization of silk fibroin

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00360C, Paper
Xiufang Li, Qunmei Fan, Qiang Zhang, Shuqin Yan, Renchuan You
Thermal annealing strongly impacts the crystallization of proteins. Despite the fundamental importance for the crystallization of silk fibroin, the underlying crystallization kinetics of silk fibroin in freezing state has not...
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Crystal nucleation of salicylamide and a comparison with salicylic acid

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00168F, Paper
Shubhangi Kakkar, K. Renuka Devi, Michael Svärd, Åke Rasmuson
Nucleation behaviour of salicylamide in different solvents was determined and compared with salicylic acid, attempting to progress the rationalization of the influence of the solvent and solute on crystal nucleation of organic compounds in solution.
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Correction: Two-dimensional porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE90057E, Correction
Open Access
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Chenglan Zhao, Yuqian Jiang, Shunfei Liang, Fang Gao, Li Xie, Lingyun Chen
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A novel synthesis of YVO4:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Sm, and Dy) porous/hollow submicro-ellipsoids and their luminescence properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00526F, Paper
Shuang Zhao, Baiqi Shao, Yang Feng, Senwen Yuan, Langping Dong, Liang Zhang, Hongpeng You
A novel synthesis strategy of porous/hollow YVO4 submicro-ellipsoids with multicolor emissions has been developed based on the high structural matching of LYH and YVO4.
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Graphene-based SiC nanowires with nanosheets: synthesis, growth mechanism and photoluminescence properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00297F, Paper
Zhihui Hu, Zhi Chen, Juntong Huang, Mingge Yan, Meng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Xibao Li, Zhijun Feng
3C-SiC nanowires with nanosheets were synthesized via a direct reaction of Si vapor (from solid silicon) and SiO vapor (from silicon and silicon dioxide) with graphene nanosheets at 1500 °C without any additional metal catalyst.
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A digital workflow from crystallographic structure to single crystal particle attributes for predicting the formulation properties of terbutaline sulfate

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00026D, Paper
Open Access
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Thai T. H. Nguyen, Robert B. Hammond, Ioanna D. Styliari, Darragh Murnane, Kevin J. Roberts
A detailed inter-molecular (synthonic) analysis of terbutaline sulfate, an ionic addition salt for inhalation drug formulation, is related to its crystal morphology, the surface chemistry of the habit faces and hence to its crystal surface energy.
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Self-assembled natLiCl–CeCl3 directionally solidified eutectics for thermal neutron detection

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE01884K, Communication
Shuangliang Cheng, Rachel E. Hunneke, Mengkun Tian, Eric Lukosi, Mariya Zhuravleva, Charles L. Melcher, Yuntao Wu
We developed novel LiCl–CeCl3 eutectic scintillators that are capable of detecting thermal neutrons.
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Sr4Pb1.5Sb5O5Se8: a new mid-infrared nonlinear optical material with a moderate SHG response

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00084A, Paper
Yang Wang, Mengjia Luo, pei Zhao, Xiangli Che, Yunzhen Cao, Fu Qiang Huang
A new mid-infrared nonlinear optical oxyselenide, Sr4Pb1.5Sb5O5Se8, was successfully synthesized by traditional solid-state reaction. It crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric space group Cm (No. 8) of the monoclinic system. The crystal...
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Outstanding Reviewers for CrystEngComm in 2019

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE90053B, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for CrystEngComm in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Design, screening, and properties of novel solvates of azoxystrobin based on isomorphism

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00204F, Paper
Zhi-Ping Shi, Guo-Bin Ren, Ming-Hui Qi, Zhong Li, Xiaoyong Xu
Based on reported isomorphism of Azoxystrobin (AZO) solvates, five novel AZO solvates, including dimethyl succinate solvate (AZO-DMS), ethyl butyrate solvate (AZO-EB), thiophene solvate (AZO-TP), furan solvate (AZO-FN), and 1,2-diethoxyethane solvate...
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The effect of deuteration-levels in solution and temperature on the segregation coefficient of deuterium content in rapid-grown K(DxH1-x)2PO4 crystals using Raman spectroscopy

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00386G, Paper
Jinxin Huang, Zongqi Wang, Bing Teng, Hong Liu, Xixi Zheng, Shaohua Ji
A series of K(DxH1-x)2PO4 (DKDP) crystals with different saturating temperature and deuteration levels were grown by point-seed rapid growth method. The correlation between deuterium segregation coefficient and temperature and deuterium...
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Polymorph induced diversity of photomechanical motions of molecular crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00311E, Paper
Lei Gao, Yunhui Hao, Xiunan Zhang, Xin Huang, Ting Wang, Hongxun Hao
Photomechanical motions of the polymorphs of trans-4,4'-azopyridine are distinct under the influence of different molecular packing and intermolecular interactions.
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Substituent effects on the crystallization mechanisms of 7-chloro-4-substituted-quinolines

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00214C, Paper
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, Marcos A. P. Martins
The crystallization mechanisms of a series of fourteen 7-chloro-4-substituted-quinolines were proposed based on a retrocrystallization approach using the supramolecular cluster as demarcation.
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First Preparation of Microporous AFY-type MeAPO by Topotactic Pillaring of Lamellar Aluminophosphate Precursor

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00644K, Communication
Kazuyuki Maeda, Kentaro Wakui, Kyosuke Arakawa, Atsushi Kondo
Topotactic pillaring of lamellar aluminophosphate (ALPO) layers with zinc cations is used to prepare microporous zincoaluminophosphate (ZnAPO) with AFY-type framework for the first time. This approach should be promising for...
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Syntheses of Nymphaea-like BiOCl with oxygen vacancies for effectively remove tetracycline hydrochloride

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00417K, Paper
Weidong Hou, Jia Yang, Haiming Xu, Dongya Li, Zhongwei Zou, Dongsheng Xia
Nymphaea-like BiOCl with oxygen vacancies (OVs) was successfully prepared by adjusting the pH of the precursor and using aspartic acid as surfactant. The as-fabricated samples were investigated by XRD, SEM,...
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Study of the versatility of CuBTC@IL-derived materials for heterogeneous catalysis

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2904-2913
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE01157A, Paper
Edurne S. Larrea, Roberto Fernández de Luis, Arkaitz Fidalgo-Marijuan, Eva M. Maya, Marta Iglesias, Maria I. Arriortua
The versatility of CuBTC (HKUST-1) MOF materials to be functionalized to improve their catalytic activity performance was evaluated. CuBTC@IL catalysts are selective for the cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides, giving rise to value-added products.
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Diminishing accessibility of electrophilic nickel(II) centres due to incorporation of a methylene spacer in the pendant side arm of a series of heterotrinuclear nickel(II)/sodium complexes: a DFT study using a homodesmotic equation

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2970-2977
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00251H, Paper
Prasanata Kumar Bhaumik, Abhisek Banerjee, Tamal Dutta, Sudipta Chatterjee, Antonio Frontera, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
The ethoxy groups have a dual effect in hindering the attack of the pseudo-halides on the nickel(II) centre and also in stabilizing the complex by intra-molecular interactions.
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Effect of dilution in a hydrothermal process and post-synthetic annealing on the tailoring of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3059-3069
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00310G, Paper
Smriti Thakur, Sanjay K. Mandal
Morphology transformation and dimensionality change as a result of dilution and post-synthetic annealing are reported.
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Cocrystals/salt of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid and utilizing Hirshfeld surface calculations for acid–aminopyrimidine synthons

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2978-2989
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00106F, Paper
Utsav Garg, Yasser Azim, Aranya Kar, Chullikkattil P. Pradeep
Revisit of acid–aminopyrimidine synthons to explore the robustness in presence of linear hetrotetramer and heterotrimer synthon.
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Flange union at nanoscale: fabrication and formation mechanism

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2914-2918
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00244E, Paper
Shengliang Zhong, Honghong Zou, Yanhua Ji, Chenghui Zeng, Lei Wang, Yanhong Chen, Hualan Xu
Coordination polymer superstructures connected by a flange union with a good geometry were fabricated. Assembly, disassembly and reassembly process happened during the formation.
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Effect of particle size and morphology on the performance of BiFeO3–PDMS piezoelectric generators

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2919-2925
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00067A, Paper
Kohei Yoshiyama, Masae Mori, Manabu Hagiwara, Shinobu Fujihara
The effect of the size and morphology of piezoelectric BiFeO3 particles on the performance of BiFeO3–PDMS composite generators is revealed.
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Formation mechanism of porous rose-like WO3 and its photoresponse and stability study

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2945-2952
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00185F, Paper
Jiacheng Yao, Min Zhang, Hongfei Yin, Muhammad Arif, Xiaoheng Liu
Fabrication of rose-like WO3 by chemical bath method.
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Influence of lamellar thickness on the transformation of isotactic polybutylene-1/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2990-2997
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00112K, Paper
Yan-Kai Li, Yu-Ge Wang, Cui-Liu Fu, You-Liang Zhu, Zhan-Wei Li, Zhao-Yan Sun
The crystallization transformation from form II to form I in PB-1/CNT materials is mainly influenced by the lamellar thickness.
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Formation mechanism and size control of ceria nanocubes

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3033-3041
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00224K, Paper
Chunyan Dong, Yan Zhou, Na Ta, Wenjie Shen
Ceria nanocubes of 10–20 nm were hydrothermally synthesized, involving Ce(OH)3 rods and small-sized CeO2 polyhedra/cubes as building blocks.
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An Sc-based coordination polymer with concaved superstructures: preparation, formation mechanism, conversion, and their electrochemistry properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2926-2932
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00086H, Paper
Hualan Xu, Ran Liu, Yongmei Zhu, Jinjiang Li, Changfeng Wan, Hang Zhang, Chuying Ouyang, Shengliang Zhong
Scandium-based coordination polymer octahedrons with concaved surfaces have been fabricated. The formation mechanism was also investigated. Sc2O3 octahedrons were obtained after simple calcination in a N2 atmosphere.
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Highly porous aluminophosphates with unique three dimensional open framework structures from mild hydrothermal syntheses

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3070-3078
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00075B, Paper
Yucheng Hao, Yang Pan, Yuan Lin, Linbo He, Guangjie Ge, Yu Ruan, Haida Zhou, Yang Xue, Kisan Koirala
Three novel highly porous aluminophosphates were synthesized through mild hydrothermal methods. Interestingly, among them, α-NaAlPO4(OH) is polar and exhibits moderate nonlinear optical properties with a short cutoff edge.
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Two-dimensional porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2953-2963
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00268B, Paper
Chenglan Zhao, Yuqian Jiang, Shunfei Liang, Fang Gao, Li Xie, Lingyun Chen
2D porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets were first synthesized by using a simple hydrothermal method. The resulting porous thin sheets exhibited superior supercapacitor performance.
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Nanosheet-assembled carbonated hydroxyapatite microspheres prepared by an EDTA-assisted hydrothermal homogeneous precipitation route

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2884-2888
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00305K, Communication
Mei-li Qi, Shengkun Yao, Xiao-Cun Liu, Xiaoning Wang, Fengkun Cui
Well-defined carbonated hydroxyapatite microspheres assembled from nanosheets were synthesized by a Na2EDTA-assisted hydrothermal homogeneous precipitation route.
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Flexible bifunctional monoethylphosphonate/carboxylates of Zn(II) and Co(II) reinforced with DABCO co-ligand: paradigmatic structural organization with pcu topology

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2933-2944
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00275E, Paper
Anna Goldman, Beatriz Gil-Hernández, Simon Millan, Serkan Gökpinar, Christian Heering, Ishtvan Boldog, Christoph Janiak
The prototypal [M2(EtBCP)2(DABCO)0.5] MOFs, compliant with isoreticular expansion in two-dimensions, show flexibility manifested by a two-step CO2 adsorption isotherm, which might be associated to the “lever-action” of the metal-phosphonate moieties.
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A new Fourier transformation method for SAXS of polymer lamellar crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3042-3058
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00157K, Paper
Xiangyang Li, Jianjun Ding, Pujing Chen, Kang Zheng, Lin Chen, Xingyou Tian
The interface distribution function is composed mainly of the self-interference item of the first interface F11, the interference term of the first and the second interfaces F12, and the interference term of the first and the third interfaces F13.
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A three-in-one crystal of mixed sized cucurbit[n]uril homologues

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2900-2903
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00296H, Communication
Oksana Danylyuk, Volodymyr Sashuk
Crystallization-driven self-assembly of three macrocyclic members of the cucurbit[n]uril family is explained by the cumulative effect of multiple C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
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Step-by-step: uncommon SCSC transformation accompanied by stepwise change in the binding of a particular ligand within a mononuclear complex upon stepwise desolvation

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2895-2899
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00379D, Communication
Andrey V. Gavrikov, Andrey B. Ilyukhin, Pavel S. Koroteev
Uncommon SCSC transformation when desolvation induces subtle changes within a mononuclear complex, namely a stepwise change in the binding of a particular ligand.
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Intrinsically porous molecular building blocks for metal organic frameworks tailored by the bridging effect of counter cations

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2889-2894
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00397B, Communication
Open Access
Peng Yang, Buthainah Alshankiti, Niveen M. Khashab
Intrinsically porous molecular building blocks are used for the rational design and construction of molecular-level controlled porous materials.
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Targeted crystal growth of uranium gallophosphates via the systematic exploration of the UF4–GaPO4–ACl (A = Cs, Rb) phase space

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3020-3032
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00343C, Paper
Christian A. Juillerat, Vladislav V. Klepov, Mark D. Smith, Hans-Conrad zur Loye
The flux synthesis of a uranium gallophosphate and a uranium gallate, Cs4[UO2Ga2(PO4)4] and Cs2UO2Ga2O5, and 4 uranium phosphates, [Rb2Rb3.93Cl0.93][(UO2)5(PO4)5], Rb11[(UO2)8(PO4)9], Rb7.6[(UO2)8O8.6F0.4(PO4)2], and Rb6[(UO2)5O2(PO4)4], is reported.
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Enhanced near-infrared luminescence in Ln2Cd2 (Ln = Nd, Yb) heterotetranuclear complexes

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00341G, Paper
Yue Qi, Ou Sun, Yanyan Zhou, Yuan Yao, Zhenyu Cheng, Ting Gao, Hongfeng Li
Due to the effect of the combination of the rigid structure and synergistic interactions of two ligands on energy transfer, the Cd–Ln complexes show excellent NIR luminescence properties with the QYs reaching 0.34% for Nd3+ and 2.13% for Yb3+.
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Hydrothermal synthesis and tunable up-conversion white luminescence properties of KSc(MoO4)2:Ln3+ (Ln = Yb, Er, Tm and Ho) crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00253D, Paper
Yini Mao, Li Jiang, Pengfei Xian, Qiongfen Fu, Shanshan Hu, Jun Yang
Pure hexagonal phase KSc(MoO4)2 crystals with a hexagonal block shape were successfully synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method.
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Co-Inclusion of cyclic ethers and chloroform by a macrocycle with benzophenone-3,3',4,4'-tetracarboxylic diimide units

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2964-2969
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00221F, Paper
Masahide Tominaga, Kosuke Mizuno, Haruka Yamamoto, Tadashi Hyodo, Kentaro Yamaguchi
Crystallization of a diimide-based macrocycle having adamantane parts and several cyclic ethers in chloroform provided inclusion crystals, where both guests were cooperatively accommodated within inner spaces between the macrocycles.
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An X-shaped cyano–carbonyl interaction on the polar surface of (cyanoacetyl)hydrazones

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00359J, Communication
Zhenfeng Zhang
An X-shaped CN⋯CO interaction, which plays a critical role in dictating the molecule conformation and crystal packing patterns, has been found to occur on the polar surface of (cyanoacetyl)hydrazones, and is rationalized by density functional theory calculations.
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The different magnetic relaxation behaviors in [Fe(CN)6]3− or [Co(CN)6]3− bridged 3d–4f heterometallic compounds

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2998-3004
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00039F, Paper
Ruirui Wang, Haili Wang, Juan Wang, Feifei Bai, Yue Ma, Licun Li, Qinglun Wang, Bin Zhao, Peng Cheng
For the isomorphic tetranuclear 3d–4f compounds constructed by [M(CN)6]3− linking LnIII-Schiff-base units, the diamagnetic CoIII ions in the system could suppress QTM effectively and obtain a field-induced SMMs behavior.
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A theoretical insight on the rigid hydrogen-bonded network in the solid state structure of two zinc(II) complexes and their strong fluorescence behaviors

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3005-3019
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00125B, Paper
Ipsita Mondal, Tanmoy Basak, Snehasis Banerjee, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
A reduced Schiff base used as a fluorescence chemo-sensor for selective detection of zinc(II). Strong fluorescence behaviors of two zinc(II) complexes are correlated with the presence of a rigid hydrogen-bonded network in their solid state structure.
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Lanthanide doped bismuth-based fluoride nanoparticles: controlled synthesis and ratiometric temperature sensing

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00435A, Paper
Pengpeng Lei, Ran An, Chengyu Li, Jing Feng, Hongjie Zhang
Bismuth-based nanoparticles, especially NaBiF4, have attracted extensive attention as hosts of lanthanides (Ln3+) ions and other luminescent ions in recent years. However, controllable synthesis of NaBiF4 nanoparticles remains a challenge....
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