Themed collection 2018 Highlight article collection

Recent literature on molecular solid solutions is reviewed and general empirical rules to help synthesize mixed crystals are summarised.

This highlight focuses on the recent development of oxazoline-based discrete coordination complexes and coordination polymers.

MOFs as green materials – a highlight of the environmentally conscious or “green” applications of MOFs.

This paper highlights the current key progress on HOF-based materials, including their design, structural characteristics, and applications.

Rotational motion within molecular crystals is a prototypical concept to build future functional materials and solid-state molecular machines.

This highlight presents an update on applications of cocrystallization to modify properties relevant to efficacy, safety, and manufacturability of drugs.

Metal oxide nanoparticles are an important class of nanomaterials that have found several applications in science and technology.

The remarkable improvements in the pharmacokinetics and high bioavailability of curcumin polymorphs, amorphous, cocrystals, eutectics, and coamorphous solids are discussed. The importance of pharmaceutical solids in the advanced formulation development of herbal and bioactive molecule curcumin is presented.

A new synthetic approach has led to the incorporation of TCNQ and F₄TCNQ dianions into a wide variety of structures.

This review highlights in situ atomic force microscopy observations of the classical and nonclassical surface growth dynamics of calcium orthophosphates.

Reacting molecular organic solids with inorganic salts gives access to novel properties via ionic co-crystal formation.

Alleviating the energy & safety contradiction of energetic materials through crystal engineering.

In this highlight, we review the state-of-the-art development of COFs from an industrial point of view in five aspects, including their types, growth mechanisms, synthetic methods, processability and applications.

External stimuli-driven structural changes and the associated properties of dynamic MOFs are discussed with examples.

This article highlights recent advances in the newly emerging field on the nanostructuration of molecular magnets using porous substrates.

Structure determination of materials in their crystalline phase aids in the understanding and design of their functions.

Our recent data on radical anion salts of titanyl (Ti^IVOPc) and vanadyl (V^IVOPc) phthalocyanines as well as additional new data are summarized.

“Pyrene-box” cages easily crystallize from aqueous solutions and readily encapsulate compounds of biological interest.