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Updates on the chemistry and engineering of crystals and polymorphism.

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The article behind the cover this week is by Suguru Ito and colleagues at Yokohama National University and describes reprecipitation-driven access to solvates and solvent-free crystals: achieving two-solvent-mediated vapochromic luminescence. Read it here! ⬇️

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 46.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🔓Don't miss the recent #OpenAccess work by Paul Raithby and co-workers which reports manipulating vapochromic or solvatochromic properties of platinum(II) pincer complexes through ligand modifications. Take a look! 👀

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The square planar Pt(II) pincer complexes [Pt(N^C(C(O)OMe)^N)(L)] (L = (OC(O)Me), (OC(O)CF3), (OS(O)2CF3), and (OS(O)2(C6H4Me))) exhibit vapochromic and solvatochromic effects with VOCs which depend on the size and properties of the ligand, L.
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🎉Issue 46 is now online! Read it here👇

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 46. CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 46.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Really happy to see this one out in the world, top efforts by Scarlett and Corey on their final year projects (a couple of years apart mind you) with technical input from the brilliant Sian as always
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🔓Be sure to read the recent #OpenAccess article by Chris Hawes and colleagues at Keele University reporting the structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand 👏⬇️

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A new tetratopic carboxylic acid ligand containing a fluorescent pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole is reported, and its structural chemistry in two solvated forms and a strontium(II) MOF are examined alongside its photophysical behaviour.
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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🔓Be sure to read the recent #OpenAccess article by Chris Hawes and colleagues at Keele University reporting the structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand 👏⬇️

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A new tetratopic carboxylic acid ligand containing a fluorescent pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole is reported, and its structural chemistry in two solvated forms and a strontium(II) MOF are examined alongside its photophysical behaviour.
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🔓Read the recent #openaccess work from Associate Editor Susan A. Bourne & team on non-covalent interactions in Ag(I)-lutidine and Ag(I)-halopyridine complexes: insights from crystallographic and computational studies. 👀👇

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📍University of Cape Town
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Discrete silver(I) coordination complexes with pyridyl derivatives were investigated to determine the prominent non-covalent interactions (NCIs) that stabilize the complexes.
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🔓Recent #OpenAccess work by Vânia André & co. at the Instituto Superior Técnico is featured on this week's inside front cover. The authors report modulating the crystalline forms of silver–sulfadiazine complexes by mechanochemistry ⬇️🧪

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CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 45.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The article behind the front cover this week is by Seungju Moon and Mazen Al-Ghoul from the American University of Beirut. The authors report fractal MOF architectures: reaction–diffusion-mediated transmutation of crystalline scaffolds. Take a look👀

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 45.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Issue 45 is online! Read it here👇

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 45. CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 45.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🔓 #OpenAccess work in the latest issue by Yang Jiang and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences describing heavily doped N-polar GaN with a mirror-like surface achieved via Ge doping. Take a look 👀👇

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November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🎉We are delighted to share the latest in our series of Tutorial Review articles: "Identifying and characterising flexible crystals"

Read our blog post to learn more about this work from Atiqur Rahman, John C McMurtrie, Sajesh P Thomas & Jack K Clegg 👇

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Slide highlighting the CrystEngComm tutorial review on Identifying and characterising flexible crystals with photos of the authors and a QR code to access the collection.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Issue 44 is now online!👇
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The cover features work by Y. Tozuka, K. Kadota & co describing physically stable cyclodextrin MOFs formed via a drug-assisted amorphous to crystal phase transition 👀⬇️

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📍Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University 🧪
CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 44.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Issue 43 is now published & ready to read!👇
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The cover this week showcases a paper by H.V. Rasika Dias & co. reporting multinuclear Cu(I) and Ag(I) pyrazolates decorated with adamantyl substituents, read it here👀⬇️

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 43.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🚨We are delighted to share our latest themed collection: MOFs in Asia

Guest Edited by Hoi Ri Moon, Sarah S Park and Jihye Park, this collection showcases recent advances & innovative research in the field of MOFs across Asia.

Read the full collection here👇
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Slide highlighting the MOFs in Asia themed collection with photos of the Guest Editors and a QR code to scan for the collection.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Issue 42 is online! ⬇️
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Featured on this week's cover: A Highlight focusing on recent advances in spin crossover Fe(II) tetrahedral metal–organic cages and their solid-state applications by Yann Garcia & co🔥👇

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📍Université catholique de Louvain 🧪
CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 42.
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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🔓 Read #OpenAccess work by Richard I. Walton and colleagues at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social reporting solvent induced structural transformation of a cerium(III) 2,5-furandicarboxylate metal–organic framework.💡

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A Ce(III) 2,5-furandicarboxylate framework forms under solvothermal conditions in N,N-dimethylformamide; subsequent expose to water leads to recrystallisation into a structurally distinct coordination polymer.
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Don't miss this Highlight review by Lina Zhou, Dandan Han & co exploring hierarchical MOFs and derivatives toward advanced electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage👏

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📍 Tianjin University 🧪
structural engineering strategies for hierarchical MOFs/derivatives
October 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🔓 Be sure to read the #OpenAccess Highlight article by David Carriere & co reviewing liquid–liquid phase separation into reactant-rich precursors during mineral crystallization. Take a look 👀👇🧪

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Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is being increasingly recognized as a critical intermediate step in non-classical crystallization pathways, representing a paradigm shift from early descriptions invoking single-step nucleation.
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Issue 41 is online! ⬇️
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The front cover showcases work by Masato Morita, Shigeyuki Yamada & co on the Interplay of C–H⋯F & halogen bonding interactions for tunable RT phosphorescence in iododiphenylacetylene systems

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📍KIT, Ibaraki University
CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 41.
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🔓Don't miss our most recent Tutorial Review by @stecanossa.bsky.social from @ethz.ch exploring useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures! ⬇️👏

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Symbolic depiction of single crystal diffraction analysis, where Bragg peaks become the basis for an average structure model. Key intermediate is the density derived from intensities, representing the closest view of the average structure.
October 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🔓The cover of issue 40 features #OpenAccess work by
Oksana Danylyuk & co which discusses host–guest conformational adaptation in the crystal complexes of pentamidine & p-sulfonato-calix[n]arenes – read it here⬇️🧪

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CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 27, issue 40.
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Oh, I just realised that I've actually published with two of the three 2025 Nobel Prize winners. How did this not occur to me before? Should I try for the complete set?
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🧪 "MOFs" or "Coordination Polymers"? Interested in the terminology behind this year's Chemistry #NobelPrize? Read this paper by Lars Öhrström, with coworkers including winner Susumu Kitagawa. Cited in the Scientific Background to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: doi.org/10.1039/C2CE...
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines
Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most prolific research areas of inorganic chemistry and crystal engineering in the last 15 years, and yet it still seems t...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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That was long and hard work... And @larsohrstrom.bsky.social is now also on bsky!
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🧪 "MOFs" or "Coordination Polymers"? Interested in the terminology behind this year's Chemistry #NobelPrize? Read this paper by Lars Öhrström, with coworkers including winner Susumu Kitagawa. Cited in the Scientific Background to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: doi.org/10.1039/C2CE...
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines
Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most prolific research areas of inorganic chemistry and crystal engineering in the last 15 years, and yet it still seems t...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🧪 "MOFs" or "Coordination Polymers"? Interested in the terminology behind this year's Chemistry #NobelPrize? Read this paper by Lars Öhrström, with coworkers including winner Susumu Kitagawa. Cited in the Scientific Background to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: doi.org/10.1039/C2CE...
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines
Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most prolific research areas of inorganic chemistry and crystal engineering in the last 15 years, and yet it still seems t...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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🎉In celebration of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we have collated a collection of papers by the winners, Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi, and their co-workers showcasing the evolution of MOF chemistry over the last 3 decades.

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October 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM