News Archive
Molecules embracing in crystals
20 October 2009
In this Highlight Ian Dance and Marcia Scudder investigate molecules' embraces
Towards high Tc octacyanometalate-based networks
17 September 2009
Barbara Sieklucka, Robert Podgajny and co-workers present an overview of the recent advances in the engineering of magnetic networks based on octacyanometalates
Cooperativity from electrostatic interactions: understanding bistability in molecular crystals
17 September 2009
Anna Painelli and colleagues explain the bistability in crystals of donor-acceptor molecules associated with an intramolecular charge-transfer process

2009 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association
09 September 2009
CrystEngComm sponsored a poster prize at the ACA 2009 meeting in Toronto, Canada
CH/pi hydrogen bonds in organic and organometallic chemistry
17 August 2009
Motohiro Nishio and colleagues discuss chemistry and biochemistry research where CH/pi hydrogen bonding plays a part.

New flagship journal Chemical Science announced
20 October 2009
A new dynamic home for research across the chemical sciences, fronted by Princeton's David MacMillan, to be launched

CrystEngComm Sponsored Lecture at Fall ACS National meeting
20 July 2009
Dr Hiroshi Yamamoto will present his CrystEngComm sponsored lecture at the Fall 2009 ACS National Meeting
CrystEngComm sponsored event at ICCOSS XIX
24 July 2009
CrystEngComm sponsored a wine and cheese party at the recent ICCOSS XIX in Sestri Levante, Italy

CrystEngComm maintains pole position in Immediacy Index
21 June 2009
CrystEngComm has a new impact factor, and has maintained its pole position in immediacy index
Evaluation of magnetic coupling in organometallic radicals: the eloquent case of face-to-face CpCp interactions
22 July 2009
Marc Fourmigue and coworkers look at the electronic properties of Cp dithiolene nickel complexes
Gold aryl interactions as supramolecular synthons
01 July 2009
Edward Tiekink and Julio Zukerman-Schpector discuss Au-pi interactions in structural gold chemistry.

Call for Papers: Molecular Solids at Extreme Pressure
01 July 2009
Submit an article to this CrystEngComm themed issue. Submission deadline: 4 January 2010
CrystEngComm fastest in its field!
09 June 2009
Times to publication for CrystEngComm are faster than other leading journals in its field.
Strategy for control of crystallization of polymorphs
28 May 2009
Mitsutaka Kitamura describes rules for the controlling factors and crystallization mechanisms of polymorphs.
Interview with Neil Champness
21 May 2009
Neil Champness tells CrystEngCommunity about using order to create disorder

Follow CrystEngComm with Twitter
28 May 2009
Do you Twitter? If so, follow CrystEngComm in Twitter for updates on Hot Articles and other top articles.
Structural diversity and retro-crystal engineering analysis of iodometalate hybrids
22 April 2008
Nicolas Mercier discusses the construction of iodometalate hybrids from the top down - retro-crystal engineering
Crystal engineering supported by the [Re6(3-Se)8]2+ core-containing clusters
22 April 2008
Zhiping Zheng and Xiaoyan Tu build crystal-engineered multiclusters from [Re6(3-Se)8]2+

Most highly cited communications in CrystEngComm
08 April 2009
Read the most highly cited recent communications in CrystEngComm for FREE!
Mechanochemistry and cocrystals themed issue
Read CrystEngComm’s themed issue on mechanochemistry and cocrystals in issue 3, 2009
New journal announced: Nanoscale
05 March 2009
Launching autumn 2009, Nanoscale will publish theoretical and experimental work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology
Interview with Christoph Janiak
24 February 2009
Christoph Janiak talks to CrystEngCommunity about complexity in molecular crystals and running marathons

CrystEngComm, providing insights into the formation of crystalline solids
05 March 2009
Read a selection of CrystEngComm's articles on the formation of crystalline solids - FREE until 1st April

Call for Papers: Crystal Engineering in Molecular Magnetism
20 November 2008
Submit an article to this CrystEngComm themed issue. Submission deadline: 31 March 2009

Defining mechanochemistry
24 February 2009
Gerd Kaupp gives his thoughts on the definition of 'mechanochemistry'.
Metallomics first issue published online
12 January 2009
Free online access to issue 1 of Metallomics: Integrated biometal science
Issue 1 of Integrative Biology Published
07 January 2009
Free online - the first issue of RSC Publishing's latest journal is now available
Hirshfeld surface analysis
17 December 2008
Mark Spackman and Dylan Jayatilaka review some of the basic tools used in Hirshfeld surface analysis.
A year of celebration!
17 December 2008
Chair of the Editorial Board Neil Champness and Editor Jamie Humphrey look back on 2008 which was a record year for CrystEngComm.

Crinkly tunnels aid gas storage
02 December 2008
Japanese scientists have found a new type of gas storage based on restraining gas molecules within narrow tunnels
CrystEngComm's 10th Anniversary Issue
20 November 2008
CrystEngComm celebrates its 10th Anniversary with the publication of articles written by Board members - old and new.
Combining metals with halogen bonds
20 November 2008
Lee Brammer and colleagues explore the propensity of metals to influence the formation of halogen bonds
Lone pair-pi interactions: a new supramolecular bond?
29 October 2008
Patrick Gamez, Jan Reedijk and Tiddo Mooibroek show that lone pair-pi interactions are much more common than expected.

Back to the grind-stone
24 October 2008
Solid-solid reactions provide a greener way to useful metal complexes

Your RSC subscriptions and free content
16 October 2008
Find out what you can access, and where to find free content
Speakers celebrate 10 years of CrystEngComm
12 September 2008
Celebrations at the IUCr Congress in Osaka, Japan

CrystEngComm: 10 years of publication, 10 most cited articles!
15 August 2008
Discover the ten most cited articles published in CrystEngComm.

New CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for Japan
05 August 2008
RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Susumu Kitagawa as CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for Japan.
Probing polymorphs by Raman microscopy
29 July 2008
Aldo Brillante and colleagues look at the use of micro-Raman techniques to investigate crystal polymorphism

New CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for China
03 July 2008
RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Song Gao as CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for China.
CrystEngSelects
12 November 2009
A weekly selection of recent articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals.

CrystEngComm maintains pole position in Immediacy Index
21 June 2009
CrystEngComm has a new impact factor, and has maintained its pole position in immediacy index

Drugs under pressure
13 June 2008
The properties of drugs can be improved by using high pressure to make different crystalline forms, claim UK scientists.

Interview: The secret life of molecules
18 April 2008
Christer Aakeröy talks to Freya Mearns about the language of molecules and molecular dating

Search for structures within articles
02 April 2008
RSC Prospect's new features allow you to do just that - and more

Computational contributions to crystal engineering
27 March 2008
Read CrystEngComm's theme issue on computational contributions to crystal engineering
Porphyrins as building blocks
07 March 2008
Israel Goldberg discusses the progress made is the design of porous solids

CrystEngComm focuses on biomineralisation
29 November 2007
Take a look at the Biomineralisation themed issue of CrystEngComm, now published!

New CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for the Americas
30 August 2007
RSC Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Christer Aakeroy as CrystEngComm Regional Associate Editor for the Americas.

Read top CrystEngComm articles for FREE
17 August 2007
Celebrate the success of 'Society Publishing' with CrystEngComm.

Easier-to-use templates for RSC Journals Authors
24 August 2007
Templates for manuscript submissions have been redeveloped to make them easier for authors to submit their papers in a format resembling the journal layout.

Survival of the fittest polymorph
06 August 2007
Lian Yu explains how, in the competition to crystallise, the first polymorph to nucleate may not be one that dominates the end product.

Calculated comparisons of crystal structures
22 June 2007
A quantitative method to judge how alike molecular crystal structures are could aid crystal design and understanding.

Interview: The crystal ball game
24 May 2007
Is polymorphism crystal clear? Nicola Nugent asks Ashwini Nangia.

Interview: The truth about nano
27 March 2007
Neil Champness tells Nicola Nugent about putting molecules in their place
CrystEngComm does it again!
16 March 2007
A CrystEngComm article has been highlighted by in cites as one of the "Top 3 Hot Papers published in the last 2 years".
CrystEngComm's favourite cover of 2006 is...
13 March 2007
The image by Isao Azumaya and colleagues has been voted the most popular CrystEngComm front cover of 2006.

Chain-link hydrogen-bonded capsules
28 February 2007
Eric Bosch outlines his achievements to date and the challenges he faces in predictably making chain-link hydrogen-bonded capsules.
Predicting temperature effects on topology
31 January 2007
Bakhtiyar Ibragimov predicts topology with crystallization temperature.



