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CrystEngComm

A monthly journal at the forefront of crystal engineering.



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Magnet

Crystal engineering in molecular magnetism

17 September 2009

Check out the latest developments on crystal engineering in molecular magnetism in CrystEngComm’s issue 10, 2009


Barbara Sieklucka

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


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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


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2009 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association

09 September 2009

CrystEngComm sponsored a poster prize at the ACA 2009 meeting in Toronto, Canada


Motohiro Nishio

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.


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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


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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


Conference reports

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 Impact Factor 3.5

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


Marc Fourmigue

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


Edward Tiekink

Gold aryl interactions as supramolecular synthons

01 July 2009

Edward Tiekink and Julio Zukerman-Schpector discuss Au-pi interactions in structural gold chemistry.


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Call for Papers: Molecular Solids at Extreme Pressure

01 July 2009

Submit an article to this CrystEngComm themed issue. Submission deadline: 4 January 2010


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CrystEngComm fastest in its field!

09 June 2009

Times to publication for CrystEngComm are faster than other leading journals in its field.


Mitsutaka Kitamura

Strategy for control of crystallization of polymorphs

28 May 2009

Mitsutaka Kitamura describes rules for the controlling factors and crystallization mechanisms of polymorphs.


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Interview with Neil Champness

21 May 2009

Neil Champness tells CrystEngCommunity about using order to create disorder


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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.


Nicolas Mercier

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


Zhiping Zheng

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+


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Most highly cited communications in CrystEngComm

08 April 2009

Read the most highly cited recent communications in CrystEngComm for FREE!


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Mechanochemistry and cocrystals themed issue

Read CrystEngComm’s themed issue on mechanochemistry and cocrystals in issue 3, 2009


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New journal announced: Nanoscale

05 March 2009

Launching autumn 2009, Nanoscale will publish theoretical and experimental work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology


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Interview with Christoph Janiak

24 February 2009

Christoph Janiak talks to CrystEngCommunity about complexity in molecular crystals and running marathons


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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


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Call for Papers: Crystal Engineering in Molecular Magnetism

20 November 2008

Submit an article to this CrystEngComm themed issue. Submission deadline: 31 March 2009


Gerd Kaupp

Defining mechanochemistry

24 February 2009

Gerd Kaupp gives his thoughts on the definition of 'mechanochemistry'.


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Metallomics first issue published online

12 January 2009

Free online access to issue 1 of Metallomics: Integrated biometal science


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Issue 1 of Integrative Biology Published

07 January 2009

Free online - the first issue of RSC Publishing's latest journal is now available


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Hirshfeld surface analysis

17 December 2008

Mark Spackman and Dylan Jayatilaka review some of the basic tools used in Hirshfeld surface analysis.


Editorial

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.


Microporous structure

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


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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.


Lee Brammer

Combining metals with halogen bonds

20 November 2008

Lee Brammer and colleagues explore the propensity of metals to influence the formation of halogen bonds


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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.


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Back to the grind-stone

24 October 2008

Solid-solid reactions provide a greener way to useful metal complexes


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Your RSC subscriptions and free content

16 October 2008

Find out what you can access, and where to find free content


Celebrating CrystEngComm

Speakers celebrate 10 years of CrystEngComm

12 September 2008

Celebrations at the IUCr Congress in Osaka, Japan


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CrystEngComm author survey

08 September 2008

Author survey - tell us what you think!


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CrystEngComm: 10 years of publication, 10 most cited articles!

15 August 2008

Discover the ten most cited articles published in CrystEngComm.


Susuma Kitagawa

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.


Israel Goldberg

Probing polymorphs by Raman microscopy

29 July 2008

Aldo Brillante and colleagues look at the use of micro-Raman techniques to investigate crystal polymorphism


Professor Song Gao

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.


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New journal news!

30 January 2009

Two new journals for 2009: Now available to read online


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CrystEngSelects

12 October 2009

A weekly selection of recent articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals.


CrystEngComm Impact Factor 3.5

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


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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.


Christer Aakeroy

Interview: The secret life of molecules

18 April 2008

Christer Aakeröy talks to Freya Mearns about the language of molecules and molecular dating


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Search for structures within articles

02 April 2008

RSC Prospect's new features allow you to do just that - and more


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Computational contributions to crystal engineering

27 March 2008

Read CrystEngComm's theme issue on computational contributions to crystal engineering


Israel Goldberg

Porphyrins as building blocks

07 March 2008

Israel Goldberg discusses the progress made is the design of porous solids


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CrystEngComm author survey

08 September 2008

Author survey - tell us what you think!


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CrystEngComm focuses on biomineralisation

29 November 2007

Take a look at the Biomineralisation themed issue of CrystEngComm, now published!


Professor Christer Aakeroy

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.


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Read top CrystEngComm articles for FREE

17 August 2007

Celebrate the success of 'Society Publishing' with CrystEngComm.


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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.


Lian Yu

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.


Crystal structure

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.


Ashwini Nangia

Interview: The crystal ball game

24 May 2007

Is polymorphism crystal clear? Nicola Nugent asks Ashwini Nangia.


Jack Dunitz

No problem!

02 April 2007

Jack Dunitz and Bernd Schweizer find there is no problem with alloxan.


Neil Champness

Interview: The truth about nano

27 March 2007

Neil Champness tells Nicola Nugent about putting molecules in their place


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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".


Cover gallery competition 2006 winner

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.


Eric Bosch

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.


Bakhitiyar Ibragimov

Predicting temperature effects on topology

31 January 2007

Bakhtiyar Ibragimov predicts topology with crystallization temperature.


Chris Cahill

Versatile f-element MOFs

08 January 2007

Chris Cahill highlights the usefulness of f-elements in MOF design