RSC – CrystEngComm latest articles- Development of cohesive exfoliated h-BN-CuS nanosheets through an ultrasonic approach for hybrid supercapacitors June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00267B, PaperDhamodharan Krishnamoorthy, Richa Chaudhary, Varun Chaudhary, Abhishek Kumar SinghAn Exd h-BN-CuS//AC HSC device has been fabricated to achieve enhanced energy density without a reduction in power density, achieving a maximum energy density of 55.07 Wh kg−1, which can be applied in the advanced energy technological world.To cite this article before […]Dhamodharan Krishnamoorthy
- Dy3+ and Tm3+ doped structurally disordered LGS Single crystals: growth, characterization, and electro- elastic property June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00438A, PaperNianlong Zhang, Jipeng Wu, Hengyuan Zhang, Feifei Chen, Xiufeng Cheng, Fapeng Yu, Li Sun, Xian ZhaoOptoelectronic functional crystal materials are integral to applications in fields such as aerospace and military technologies, where performance under extreme conditions is critical. This study investigates the electro-elastic properties and...The content of this RSS Feed […]Nianlong Zhang
- Geometric configuration dependent ortho-to-para hydrogen conversion over pure α-Fe2O3 catalysts June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00460H, PaperWeiwei Pan, Shengrong Xing, Jianhua Xiao, Yu Zhao, Xiaofei Lu, Xiaobo Ren, Xiaoning Hou, Zhi Yan, RuiSheng Qin, Baoliang Lv, Feiyu KangThe catalytic conversion of ortho-to-para hydrogen (o-p H2) is crucial for addressing the challenges of hydrogen liquefaction and storage. Iron-based catalysts have been shown to be the most promising […]Weiwei Pan
- Navigating Phase Behaviour In Pharmaceuticals To Enable Phases With Desired Properties June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00394F, HighlightIvo B. Rietveld, Cheng-long Stephan, Gabin GbabodeMany active pharmaceutical compounds (APIs) exhibit crystalline polymorphism and only one of those polymorphs is the most stable one. Moreover, the solubility of recently developed APIs is often limited leading...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryIvo B. Rietveld
- The pancake bond: on the border of covalent and intermolecular June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00286A, HighlightKresimir Molcanov, Petra StanicTwo-electron multicentre (2e/mc) bond or pancake bond, a weak π-bond occurring between planar π-based organic radicals is described and discussed. Its importance in chemistry (nature of the chemical bond) and...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryKresimir Molcanov
- Acceleration of scintillation response in Sc,Ca,Mg-codoped YAG:Ce crystals June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00373C, PaperOleh Viahin, Iryna Rybalka, Julie Delenne, Louis Roux, A. Padmanaban, Iaroslav Gerasymov, Serhii Tkachenko, Daniil Kurtsev, Denys Kofanov, Pavel Maksimchuk, Borys Grinyov, Loris Martinazzoli, Etiennette Auffray, Oleg SidletskiyThis study explores fast-timing garnet scintillators as potential candidates for future high-energy physics detectors. Sc-codoped YAG:Ce crystals were successfully grown for the first […]Oleh Viahin
- What makes brickwork crystal structures favourable? A case study on methylthiolated arenes and heteroarenes for high-mobility molecular semiconductors June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00488H, HighlightKazuo Takimiya, Kirill BulgarevichAmong various types of crystal structures of molecular semiconductors, a brickwork structure, a two-dimensional π-stacking structure, has been regarded as a promising platform for high-mobility material. The brickwork structure is...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryKazuo Takimiya
- Structural evolution and bonding features of electron deficient copper chalcogenides June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00479A, Highlight Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sergei A. Novikov, James Casey, Hope Long, Vladislav V. KlepovA group of otherwise covalent ternary copper sulfides and selenides demonstrates metallic p-type conductivity and Pauli paramagnetism, which distinguishes them from semiconducting counterparts built up from […]Sergei A. Novikov
- Chiral Resolution of Copper Aspartate under Reaction-Diffusion: Synergy of Experiment and Simulation June 10, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00376H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Louis A Cuccia, Poh Ying Fong, Sehrish Khan, Hatem M. Titi, Manal Ammar, Fiorenzo Vetrone, Mazen Al-GhoulChiral resolution is essential in the pharmaceutical and food industries and in materials science, due to the unique properties […]Louis A Cuccia
- Lanthanide metal–organic frameworks as multifunctional sensors for chemicals and temperature June 9, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00382B, PaperYang Lin, Wenxi Zhang, Yanjie Lv, Yihe Zhao, Hongtao Cui, Jing Sun, Xiao Li, Dongling Zhou, Zhongmin SuTwo lanthanide metal–organic frameworks of CUST-923 and CUST-924 were synthesized via solvothermal synthesis. The resulting CUST-923 and CUST-924 exhibited excellent optical properties and stability.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Yang Lin
- Investigation of the influence of B@Fe composite fuel on the thermal decomposition and ignition combustion performance of ammonium perchlorate (AP) June 9, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00190K, PaperHongyang Li, Ran Wang, Chao Wang, Hong Li, Shentao Zeng, Sujun Shi, Ran Hu, Wenqi Xu, Ruiling Xie, Cui Luo, Ying LiuFour sets of B@Fe composite fuels with varying Fe elemental composition were synthesized with chemical liquid-phase reduction and their impact on the thermal decomposition and ignition combustion performance of […]Hongyang Li
- Accurate determination of atomic displacement parameters for thermoelectric materials from synchrotron powder diffraction data with sophisticated background treatment. June 9, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00297D, HighlightSeiya Takahashi, Eiji NishiboriWe report on recent advances in the structural study of thermoelectric materials using synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction, including a method for modeling background scattering. We show that analysis including...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySeiya Takahashi
- A multivariate library of zirconia metal-organic frameworks with dissolved p-nitroaniline dipoles and concentration-dependent optical and dielectric response June 9, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00299K, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kyle R Langlois, Yangyang Wang, Joshua Fnu, Wesley Newsome, Lei Zhai, James K Harper, Fernando J. Uribe-RomoIn this work, we show how the combination of soluble non-polar and polar links allows for the preparation of […]Kyle R Langlois
- Sustainable synthesize of a Mixed-metal MOF: A Visible light responsive photocatalyst for Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohols June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00302D, PaperHosein Ghasempour, Farnoosh Zare Karizi, Behnam Habibi, Guoying Zhang, Ali Ramazani, Ali MorsaliDeveloping photocatalysts has proved to be an overwhelming tool for using the infinite energy of sunlight. Mixed metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) evidenced to be an auspicious substitute material as Photocatalysts. Herein,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Hosein Ghasempour
- Structural engineering of POM-based composite materials: zeolite and silica as supports June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00393H, HighlightChang Sun, Wenli Hao, Yutong Han, Zhihan Chang, Xiuli WangThis review highlights structural engineering advances in POMs/zeolite and POMs/silica composites, including synthesis methods (in situ encapsulation, impregnation, sol–gel, and surface functionalization) and several representative composites.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The […]Chang Sun
- The overestimated capability of fluid shear to induce secondary nucleation: an urgent call for diligently executed control experiments June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00323G, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lorijn De Vrieze, Simon KuhnMany examples from literature emphasize the important role of fluid shear in secondary nucleation. Moreover, they confidently state that fluid shear alone is surely capable of inducing secondary crystal formation....The content […]Lorijn De Vrieze
- Molecular Crystals Sublimation: Structural Clusterization of the Database as an Approach for Prediction of the Thermodynamic Functions June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00415B, PaperGerman L. PerlovichThe database of sublimation thermodynamic functions including 3200 entries/records for various molecular crystals has been developed. Comparative analysis of crystal distribution functions for the sublimation Gibbs energies and enthalpies, as...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryGerman L. Perlovich
- Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and DFT Analysis of Zinc(II) Schiff Base Complexes Featuring Noncovalent Spodium Bonds June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00304K, PaperMd. Gishan, Puspendu Middya, Sergi Burguera Piña, Antonio Frontera, Shouvik ChattopadhyayIn this study, we report the synthesis and comprehensive characterization of five novel zinc(II) complexes with Schiff base ligands: [Zn(HL1)2] (1), [Zn(HL2)2]•DMSO2H2O (2A), [Zn(HL2)2]•DMF (2B), [Zn2(HL3)4] (3), and [Zn2(HL4)4]H2O (4)....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Md. Gishan
- The first imidazolium fluoroberyllate, (C3H5N2)3[Be2F7]: a non-centrosymmetric structure based on linear tetrahedral [Be2F7]3- anions June 8, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00292C, PaperDmitry Charkin, Semen A. Ivanov, Vadim Kireev, Alevtina N. Gosteva, Alena Kompanchenko, Alexandru Banaru, Sergey Stefanovich, Ivan G Tananaev, Sergey AksenovInteraction of imidazole and H2BeF4 in aqueous solutions results in formation of a new compound, (C3H5N2)3[Be2F7]. The new fluoroberyllate crystallizes in hexagonal symmetry in a non-centrosymmetric group R32 (a =...The […]Dmitry Charkin
- Ladder-type 1D coordination polymer of Dy(III): Synthesis and investigation of magnetic behaviours June 7, 2025CrystEngComm, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CE00491H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Naushad Ahmed, Rizwan Nabi, X.-G. Zhang, Donald J. DarensbourgHerein, we report the construction of a H-bonded ladder-type Dy(III) based 1D coordination polymer 1-Dypoly using a 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis-salicyl hydrazone (H4L) ligand system under thermal conditions. The […]Naushad Ahmed
- Development of cohesive exfoliated h-BN-CuS nanosheets through an ultrasonic approach for hybrid supercapacitors June 10, 2025
