Themed collection CrystEngComm HOT articles

A holistic understanding of reaction kinetics, the presence of catalysts, and annealing conditions can advance and accelerate the screening of elusive cocrystals, expediting the development of novel drug cocrystals for future clinical use.

In this review, the functions and performance of ZIF derivatives in the anode materials of SIBs and PIBs are summarized comprehensively.

Herein, Mo doping has been found to effectively lower the phase transition temperature from tetragonal zircon BiVO₄ to monoclinic scheelite BiVO₄. Our research introduces a novel method for the production of submicron rods BiVO₄ photoanodes.

Wiggle, wiggle… Stay! A redox-active tetrakis(thiobenzyl-carboxylate)-TTF with a high degree of flexibility stands still in a self-assembled cage upon complexation with Cu(II).

For iPB-1, II–I transition is of industrial importance; whereas, the traditional solid–solid II–I transition mechanism encountered challenges. It is form I formation in amorphous phase that triggers II-I transition with crystal reorganizations.

This work describes complex macrocycle-POM hybrids with significant assembly patterns, interaction forces and exposed POM sites.

SrNbO₂N crystal growth and control of defects were optimized by adjusting excess SrO in the flux-assisted thermal ammonolysis process.

Three novel hydrazide viologen compounds were synthesized and studied by X-ray single crystal diffraction, and their stable free radical properties, hydrochromic properties and photocurrent effects were studied.

We demonstrate the temperature distribution, optical and laser performances of a YAP/Tm:YAP/YAP composite crystal fabricated by thermal bonding technology.

The information-entropy measures of the complexity of 3D nets indicate that the most common nets in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are usually the simplest and highest-entropy nets within the respective category.

We characterize an ionic cocrystal of ponatinib HCl using X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR. Multinuclear NMR, with ultra-high fields up to 35.2 T, lays the groundwork for characterization of complex crystals in the absence of diffraction data.

The density functional tight binding method and DFTB-based molecular dynamics simulations were used to study the intermolecular interactions and dynamic properties of 2,4-dinitroimidazole crystals doped with different amounts of 1,4-dinitroimidazole at different temperatures.

Crystallisation pathways of calcium carbonate are strongly influenced by the presence of additives. Through X-ray diffraction, samples made by the Project M Scientists reveal the effect of amino acid and related additives on the crystal structures of calcite and vaterite.