Themed collection 2025 Highlight article collection

Silver-based chalcogenides have intrinsic plasticity and excellent thermoelectric properties and are potential materials for flexible thermoelectrics. In this work, the properties, optimization, and application of these materials are reviewed.

Crystal structures of extended aromatic hydrocarbons are systematically classified starting from the orientation of the non-parallel interaction.

This highlight explores the key role of thiophene-based compounds in organic electronics, sensors, medicinal chemistry, solid-state reactions, crystal engineering, and supramolecular helices, using X-ray, DFT, and microscopy techniques.

This highlight aims to showcase the recent progress of benzothiadiazole-based luminescent metal–organic frameworks for the detection of ions, amino acids, volatile organic compounds and drug molecules.

Crystal habit modification of salt crystals has been a fascinating area of research for decades.

Crystal structures that form with more than one molecule in the asymmetric unit (Z′ > 1) are a fascinating and important, if overlooked, aspect of crystal engineering.

In this review, recent research advancements in the field are highlighted, addressing technological challenges and exploring promising research prospects for the future development of MSs.

This highlight provides an overview of recent advances in molecular mechanisms of gas hydrate growth, and presents the challenges and opportunities currently encountered.

This review aims to elucidate the mechanisms governing the flexibility of crystals that respond to both light and mechanical stimuli.