Themed collection CrystEngComm HOT articles

The article highlights the recent developments on some interesting optical traits of organic charge transfer complexes. Properties like room temperature phosphorescence, thermally activated delayed fluorescence, circularly polarised luminescence, etc., are summarized.

This short review was designed to summarize the advances in synthesis methods of atomically precise metal nanoclusters.

This highlight summarises recent advancements in cobalt(II) coordination polymers exhibiting single-ion magnet property.

The role of the C–I⋯O halogen bonding in crown ether chemistry has been analyzed and rationalized by using thirteen newly synthesized cocrystals as models.

Herein, a halogen-bonding-assisted heavy-atom effect was introduced to sensitize the locally-excited triplet state of pyromellitic diimide, achieving efficient phosphorescence, with one of the highest quantum yield in a cocrystal.

Cocrystal of n-propylparaben and a bipyridine-based azine derivative exhibit heat-induced crystal-to-crystal polymorphic phase transition accompanied by expansion and cracking of the single crystals with distinct wettability properties.

The variable-cell experimental powder difference (VC-xPWDF) method allows matching of high-throughput powder X-ray diffractograms of ROY to candidate crystal structures.

The development of low-cost, efficient, and stable bifunctional electrocatalysts is very important for the development of renewable energy.

Ligand-passivated ErOCl nanocrystals have been synthesized using a non-hydrolytic sol–gel method. Anisotropic sintering of ErOCl nanocrystals enhances 2D chloride-ion diffusion along the ab plane, yielding a promising candidate for halide batteries.

The facile room-temperature aqueous phase approach for synthesis of orange-red emissive cation-doped and codoped CsPb₂Br₅ with enhanced photoluminescence performance and stability.

Freestanding and binder-free electrodes possess bi-continuous charge transfer channels and present high capacitance properties.

Here, we present a series of Zn(II) and Co(II) coordination polymers containing two types of ligands: sterically rigid terephthalate derivatives (bdc-NO₂²⁻ and bdc-Br²⁻) and flexible bis(2-methylimidazolyl)propane (bmip).

Two novel emissive Pb(II) coordination polymers were synthesized and studied in detail.

This work investigates the role of stable (sing-phased) and unstable (bi-phased) lattice structures in controlling the magnetic spin order and electronic properties in Co-rich ferrites of compositions Co_1.25Fe_1.75O₄ and Co_2.25Fe_0.75O₄.

This work focuses on utilizing a simple synthetic strategy to prepare Cu-doped Co_0.85Se nanocomposites as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for both hydrogen evolution and mono-alcohol oxidation in an alkaline electrolyte.

Efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts are crucial for renewable energy storage and conversion.

We successfully fabricated Ag@Cu₂O core–shell decorated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites (ACRN) with a simple and convenient in situ substitution method.

Illustrative decays highlight the range of rise (15 to 45 ns) and decay times (27 to 76 ns).

³⁵Cl (I = 3/2) solid-state NMR data is used in a nascent quadrupolar NMR crystallographic protocol, dubbed QNMRX-CSP, for the structural prediction, refinement, and validation of organic HCl salts.

The study presents Pr,La:CaF₂ single crystals grown using the temperature gradient technique, showing distinct Pr³⁺–La³⁺ cluster types, with two types of centers showing cubic symmetry.

A new anionic MOF material was synthesized, and its degradation performance towards dyes was investigated.

Irbesartan exists as tautomers A and B in diverse solvent mixtures. Homogeneous nucleation gives (pseudo)polymorphs with layer-wise or columnar growth. The desmotropes present different habits, thermal expansions, stabilities and phase transitions.

Two coordination polymers, {[Cd(m-TTzPA)Br₂]·H₂O}_n and {[Zn(m-TTzPA)Br₂]·H₂O}_n, were synthesized based on (m-H₂TTzPA)(HSO₃)₂. All compounds show photochromic behaviors and have obvious fluorescence quenching behaviors upon irradiation.

Substrate pre-annealing enhanced lateral growth of α-GeTe nanosheets and room ferroelectric properties of α-GeTe nanosheets grown by CVD are reported.

For 11 minerals of the lovozerite group, theoretical investigations of Na⁺-ion migration were performed.

Multi-element doped K_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃ single crystals with excellent electrical properties grown by a seed-free solid-state crystal growth (SFSSCG) method.

Crystal engineering aspects within the tridentate N-heterocyclic coordination architectures of Ln(III) ions.

The exponential-Chapman quantitative relationship is established between photothermal weak absorption and laser damage characteristics induced by surface defects in Nd,Y:SrF₂ crystals.

Multi-scale (molecular, cluster, crystallographic) modelling together with solvent-dependent polymorphic screening examines the influence of solution environment on TFA crystallisation.

[{Cu(phen)}₂(μ-OH)₂(Ag₃Br₅)]_n (1)/g-C₃N₄ composite was prepared by in situ growth under solvothermal conditions. The composite exhibited much higher photocatalytic efficiency than the parents 1 and g-C₃N₄ in the degradation of crystal violet.