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CrystEngComm@CrystEngComm
12 Jun 2025
Social media and connecting with our community – moving on from X. You can continue to find the latest news and updates from CrystEngComm on our other social media channels: Bluesky bsky.app/profile/crystengcom… LinkedIn rsc.li/Engineering_showcase rsc.org/news-events/articles…
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Issue 22 is here! Read the cover article by A. Afrin & Chinna Ayya Swamy P on Structural modulations: unraveling the impact of benzothiazole positions on the optical properties of carbazole–cyanostilbenes👇 🔓doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00132C Read the issue: 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/jou…
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ScienceArtHub
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31 May 2025
Crystal Engineering: The Art of Designing Crystalline Solids. This post showcases our recent research featured on a Cover of @CrystEngComm #sciart #scicomm #science #chemistry #outreach Crystal engineering is a field of molecular science that focuses on understanding and controlling how molecules are arranged into crystalline solids. The goal of crystal engineering is to design crystal structures that exhibit desired physical and chemical characteristics, such as enhanced solubility, improved drug dissolution, or specific functional properties. In this study, we focused on the synthesis, structural characterization, and antibacterial activity of several uracil derivatives. As one of four nucleobases of RNA (ribonucleic acid), uracil and its analogues represent an important class of bioactive molecules. Our findings contribute to the design of new uracil-based antibacterial agents. CrystEngComm (@CrystEngComm) is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (@RoySocChem) dedicated to the design and understanding of crystalline materials. Cover image illustrates a new uracil derivative and its interaction with a bacterial pathogen. For further details, see: Exploring Uracil Derivatives: Synthesis, Crystal Structure Insights, and Antibacterial Activity, CrystEngComm, 2025, 27, 3456, doi.org/10.1039/d5ce00362h (Research Paper); CrystEngComm, 2025, 27, 3396, doi.org/10.1039/D5CE90075A (Cover).
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🔓Don't miss the work behind this week's inside cover from Subrata Das, Chris H. J. Franco & co on the synthesis of a series of uracil derivatives and investigating their crystal structure and antibacterial activity👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… 📍@NITPatna1 and @ULisboa_
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🔓This week's front cover features #OpenAccess work by Khaled Farah, Alaa Adawy & co using an ion-exchange process followed by gamma ray irradiation and annealing to embed Cu and Cu2O nanoparticles in glass matrices, read more👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… 📍CNSTN and @uniovi_info
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Issue 21 is now online, access it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/jou…
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Featured on the back cover this week is research by Kunfeng Chen, Gongbin Tang, Dongfeng Xue and colleagues – Black lithium niobate single crystal: influence of point defects on its microwave properties. Don't miss it!👏👇 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00220F 📍@ShandongU
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➡️Don't miss the recent Highlight review by Jungkyu Choi, Alex C. K. Yip and co-workers on Advancing zeolite design via ionic liquid templating approach. 👀⬇️ 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00253B 📍@UCNZ; Korea University
Ionic liquids construct zeolites with their unique properties, serving as solvents, structure-directing agents, porogens, and post-synthetic modifiers. This approach is reshaping zeolite synthesis and enabling the creation of new frameworks. Graphical abstract image generated with AI.

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Hollow architectures of CoNi2S4/NiS2 with boosted performance for supercapacitors – recent research by Chengzhen Wei and co-workers showcased on the inside front cover of this week's issue. Read it here💡👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00129C 📍Anyang Normal University
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Don't miss the recent HOT communication by Akitaka Ito, Rika Ochi & team: Crystal structures of sandwich-type potassium cation complexes formed from benzo-15-crown-5-based ligand containing a chloromaleimide moiety – doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00252D 📍@k_u_t_official 📍Kochi University
Crystal structures of sandwich-type potassium cation complexes formed from benzo-15-crown-5-based ligand containing a chloromaleimide moiety

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Chemistry Edinburgh@EdinburghChem
19 May 2025
Congrats to all collaborators🎉
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Don't miss the recent #OpenAccess work by Lucinda R. B. Wilson, Scott J. Dalgarno and Euan Brechin on Calix[4]arene-supported trigonal and square prisms of Mn and Na.👇 🔓 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00285K 📍 @EdinburghChem; @HeriotWatt_EPS
The synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of a heterometallic tricapped trigonal prism [MnIII3Na6] and a related heterometallic tetracapped square prism [MnIII4MnII2Na6] are reported.

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Showcased on the front cover this week is work by Honglei Wu & co. – Synergistic crucible design & thermal-flow management for enhanced 4-in AlN single crystal PVT growth: a combined numerical & experimental investigation. Take a look! 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00214A 📍@ShenzhenUni
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CrystEngComm issue 20 is online and ready to read! Check out all the great research in this issue 👀👇 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/jou…
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Don't miss the recent #OpenAccess work by Lucinda R. B. Wilson, Scott J. Dalgarno and Euan Brechin on Calix[4]arene-supported trigonal and square prisms of Mn and Na.👇 🔓 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00285K 📍 @EdinburghChem; @HeriotWatt_EPS
The synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of a heterometallic tricapped trigonal prism [MnIII3Na6] and a related heterometallic tetracapped square prism [MnIII4MnII2Na6] are reported.

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Take a look at the Highlight review by Oiyao Appun Pegu & Gopal Das summarising recent research work in the field of anion recognition chemistry, with a focus on designing artificial receptors for encapsulating anion–water clusters👏⬇ 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00122F 📍@IITGuwahati
This highlight summarises recent research work done in the field of anion recognition chemistry, with a focus on designing artificial receptors for encapsulating anion–water clusters.

ALT This highlight summarises recent research work done in the field of anion recognition chemistry, with a focus on designing artificial receptors for encapsulating anion–water clusters.
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The article behind the inside front cover this week explores multi-component supramolecular compounds containing hexaamminecobalt(III) cations & aromatic sulfonic acid derivatives, by Svetlana G. Baca & co. Read it here!👀👇 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00184F 📍Moldova State University
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The front cover of issue 19 showcases an article by Olga Danilescu and colleagues on Mononuclear high-spin Fe(III) complexes: synthesis, crystal structures, magnetic and optical properties. Take a look!👀⬇ 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00125K 📍 State University of Moldova
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🎉Issue 19 is online and ready to read! Don't miss the articles behind the latest covers and much more in the issue!👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/jou…
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Sharmarke Mohamed@DrSharmarke
7 May 2025
Recognizing the 2024 @CrystEngComm Outstanding Peer Reviewers. Thanks to everyone for taking a bit of their time to make manuscripts that bit better. We are all busy and can appreciate the often time-consuming work of Peer Review. rsc.org/journals-books-datab… #RSCpeerreview

CrystEngComm: outstanding peer reviewers

Celebrating some of the individuals making significant contributions to the chemical sciences through peer review.

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The inside front cover of issue 18 highlights an article on the synthesis, crystallographic study & solid-state properties of metal-free perovskites with P-atom containing A-site cations, by @RyoTsunashima & co. Read it here!👇 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00177C 📍Yamaguchi University
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