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CrystEngComm back cover for vol 28, issue 9.

Article behind the back cover: Shunsuke Tanaka & co. present a sustainable and scalable synthesis route for CALF-20 by using ZnO as a benign metal source, enabling rapid crystallization, high yield & preserved CO₂ adsorption performance👇

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📍 Kansai University 🧪

CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 9.

🔓The work featured on this week's cover is by Saikat Kumar Seth, Deepak Chopra & co. and investigates noncovalent interactions in organofluorine compounds with C–F bonds in different electronic environments. Check it out⬇️

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📍Jadavpur University; IISER Bhopal

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 9.

CrystEngComm back cover for vol 28, issue 9.

Issue 9 is now online! ⬇️

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A beginner's guide to spin crossover Spin crossover (SCO) complexes are an important class of molecular magnetic switches with applications from data storage to highly responsive sensors. In this tutorial review we explore basic concepts...

Our Beginner’s guide to spin crossover is now available as an advance article.

Thanks to @crystengcomm.rsc.org for getting the review published so quickly and if you do find the review useful, please cite it often!

#spincrossover #molecularswitches #chemsky
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📢 Don't miss the latest in our series of Tutorial Review articles:

"The anti-crystal engineering principles of imidazolium cations for ionic liquids" by Patrick C. Hillesheim and Arsalan Mirjafar👇

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Be sure to read the recent Highlight review article by Guolin Yang, Tao Chen and co. summarizing photo-assisted uranium reduction separation: material design, application, challenges, and perspectives.👀⬇️

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📍 Southwest University of Science and Technology 🧪

CrystEngComm back cover for vol 28, issue 8.

The back cover this week showcases research by Fenghua Chen, Wangchuan Xiao & co – "Supercooled liquid during the evaporation and cooling crystallization of valsartan: a macroscopic observation". Read it here👇

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📍Sanming University 🧪

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 8.

The latest inside front cover features work by Vipin Agarwal, Ashwini K. Nangia & co-workers investigating solid-state conformations of pharmaceutical polymorphs in solution: validation and invalidation by NMR. Take a look👀🧪

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📍 @tifr.res.in; University of Hyderabad; UPES

CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 8.

The work behind the latest front cover, by Talal F. Al-Azemi & co., demonstrates the influence of crystallization solvents on the crystal structures and supramolecular assemblies of a [2]naphthyl-extended pillar[6]arene. Read the full paper 👀⬇️

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📍 Kuwait University 🧪

CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 8.

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 8.

CrystEngComm back cover for vol 28, issue 8.

Issue 8 is published and ready to read👇

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 7.

Issue 7 is online!👇
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The cover features work by Yuying Wu & co reporting the effect of ultrasonic field on controlled organic stripping layer formation and its application in electrodeposition of ultra-thin copper foil 👀⬇️

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📍Shandong University🧪

Four polymorphic structures of a symmetric azo dye The synthesis and structural characterisation of a symmetric azo dye, ethyl azocinnamate, via single crystal X-ray diffraction led to the discovery of four polymorphic forms. The crystals and their st...

We found four polymorphs of this azo dye compound in under six months! How many more are out there waiting to be discovered? Collab with @nclpharmacy.bsky.social in @crystengcomm.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati Celebrating the remarkable mission of Professor Giuseppe Resnati in science.

🧪Now online: From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions - a cross-journal collection in @pccp.rsc.org , @crystengcomm.rsc.org and NJC celebrating the 70th birthday of Prof. Giuseppe Resnati. doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 6.

The work behind the inside front cover this week is by Hyon Min Song and co-workers describing Micron scale gold flowers as SERS substrates for the detection of rhodamine 6G. Read it here 👀⬇️

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📍 Dong-A University, South Korea 🧪

CrystEngComm front cover for vol 28, issue 6.

🔓The cover features a Highlight article by Simon Hall: Still life – fast moving: a kinetic view of crystal growth, highlighting how modern imaging and far-from-equilibrium experiments deepen our understanding of the kinetics of crystal growth
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📍 @bristoluni.bsky.social 🧪

CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 6.

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 6.

Issue 6 is now online. Check it out!👇

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CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 5.

🔓On the cover of issue 5 is #OpenAccess work of Ángel García-Raso, Juan J. Fiol, @tonifrontera.bsky.social & co investigating the crucial role of lattice water in directing supramolecular networks of deferiprone analogues. Read it here⬇️

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📍 @uib.cat 🧪

The quality of charge density representations in linear response phonon calculations for organic molecular crystals significantly impacts the predicted thermodynamic properties.

Be sure to read the recent article from @amichalchuk.bsky.social &
co. exploring converging 𝑎𝑏 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜 phonon simulations for organic molecular crystals: the effect of charge density grids and phonon dispersion sampling👏

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📍 @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🧪
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Crystallization of 1,4-diiodo-tetrafluorobenzene with trimethylbenzyl ammonium halides (NMe3BzX, X = Cl, Br, I) shows anion and solvent dependence: NMe3BzI favors solvated 1 : 1 cocrystals, while NMe3BzBr and NMe3BzCl favor unsolvated 1 : 1 networks.

🔓Don't miss the #OpenAccess work from Colin D. McMillen, William T. Pennington & co – When halogen bonding isn't enough: solvation behavior in ionic cocrystals of benzyltrimethylammonium halides and 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene. 👀👇

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📍Clemson University 🧪

Trialkylsilyl substituents tune aryl–perfluoroaryl interactions, controlling crystal packing and solid-state photophysical properties.

Take a look at the recent HOT article by Takeharu Yonezawa, @hajito1.bsky.social and Mingoo Jin reporting a systematic investigation of the effect of trialkylsilyl groups on the crystal structures of perfluorophenyl-substituted thiophene.👇🔥

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📍 Hokkaido University 🧪

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.

The research behind the inside front cover, by Ronaldo G. F. Junior, Clodoaldo Valverde, Hamilton Napolitano & co., provides comprehensive structural insights into nitro-substituted azines as potential antioxidant additives for biodiesel.👀👇

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📍 @uegoficial.bsky.social 🧪

CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.

🔓The front cover features an #OpenAccess article by @jyyheng.bsky.social and colleagues – the authors investigate the effect of solvents on crystal regeneration. Read more here⬇️🧪

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📍 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.

Issue 2 is now online. Check it out!👇
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CrystEngComm outside back cover for vol 28, issue 1.

🔓The back cover showcases work by Theocharis C. Stamatatos, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, George Kostakis & co on a preformed 1-D {CuII₂}ₙ helical chain as precursor to a decanuclear 0-D {CuII₈MnII₂} cluster: synthesis, structure & magnetism👇

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📍University of Patras 🧪

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

🔓Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Jeremy K. Cockcroft and colleagues in which they explore non-covalent interactions in binary aromatic complexes. 💡👇

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📍 @uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧪

CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

🔓The front cover of issue 1 features an #openaccess article by Francisco Javier Acebedo Martínez, @duanechl.bsky.social and co-workers - Seeking new polymorphs in pharmaceutical cocrystals: focus on furosemide-ethenzamide. Read it here ⬇️🧪

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📍 @iactcsic.bsky.social

CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

CrystEngComm outside back cover for vol 28, issue 1.

🎉Our first issue of 2026 is now published! Read it here👇

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A Happy New Year message from the CrystEngComm Editorial Team

🎉Happy New Year from the CrystEngComm Editorial team! We thank you for your continued interest in, and support of the journal and wish you well for 2026!

Read our blog post for highlights of CrystEngComm in 2025👇

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