CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00462D
Masahide Tominaga, Ryusei Kamada, Tadashi Hyodo and Kentaro Yamaguchi
{"title":"Co-crystals built from macrocycles with pyromellitic diimides and naphthalene derivatives: transformation of a binary co-crystal solvate to a solvate through solvent exchange†","authors":"Masahide Tominaga, Ryusei Kamada, Tadashi Hyodo and Kentaro Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00462D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00462D","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The design and exploitation of co-crystals containing macrocyclic compounds has captivated researchers in various fields owing to their potential and practical applications. The crystallization of an adamantane-bearing macrocycle having pyromellitic diimide units (<strong>1</strong>) with 2,6-dibromonaphthalene-1,5-diol (<strong>2</strong>) and 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene (<strong>3</strong>) afforded hydrogen-bonded charge-transfer co-crystals with solvent molecules. Co-crystals composed of <strong>1</strong> and <strong>3</strong> had 1D pores. Soaking the co-crystals of <strong>1</strong> and <strong>3</strong> in diethyl ether resulted in the release of <strong>3</strong> from the co-crystals and the formation of crystals composed of only <strong>1</strong>, which captured diethyl ether through solvent exchange. These observations demonstrate a transformation from a binary co-crystal solvate to a solvate.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 29","pages":" 5003-5009"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144671911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00522A
Matan Oliel and Yitzhak Mastai
{"title":"Chiral selectivity in lithium niobate crystals: investigating the role of l- and d-alanine as chiral inducers†","authors":"Matan Oliel and Yitzhak Mastai","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00522A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00522A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Lithium niobate is an achiral crystal that intriguingly exhibits chiral selectivity, as well as properties typically associated with chiral crystals such as nonlinear polarization and piezoelectricity. Here, we explore <small>L</small>-alanine and <small>D</small>-alanine as chiral inducers during the hydrothermal synthesis of LiNbO<small><sub>3</sub></small> nanocrystals. Structural and morphological analyses using X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy reveal clear differences between pristine and induced crystals. Low-frequency Raman and circular dichroism spectroscopy, high-performance liquid chromatography, and isothermal titration calorimetry were employed to investigate the chirality and enantiomeric selectivity. <small>L</small>-Ala-induced LiNbO<small><sub>3</sub></small> crystals preferentially adsorbed <small>L</small>-enantiomers, while <small>D</small>-Ala-induced crystals favored <small>D</small>-enantiomers. This study sheds light on the mechanisms of chiral induction in inorganic crystals, highlighting the potential of LiNbO<small><sub>3</sub></small> for chiral sensing, enantioselective catalysis and biomolecular recognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 31","pages":" 5337-5345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ce/d5ce00522a?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00616C
Shutao Li, Pengyi Ma, Jinping Song, Xiaoting Guo, Jianhua Xue and Qi Ma
{"title":"A simple low-temperature synthesis of fluorescent boron quantum dots for versatile applications†","authors":"Shutao Li, Pengyi Ma, Jinping Song, Xiaoting Guo, Jianhua Xue and Qi Ma","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00616C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00616C","url":null,"abstract":"<p >It is the first time to report the synthesis of small-molecule passivated boron quantum dots (BQDs) through a bottom-up strategy using <small>L</small>-cysteine (<small>L</small>-Cys) as a passivation agent and ammonium pentaborate tetrahydrate and boric acid as boron sources under a low reaction temperature of 100 °C. The morphology and surface structure of the prepared BQDs were characterized in detail using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The as-obtained BQDs emitted blue fluorescence with a quantum yield of 1.14%, and the particle sizes are mainly distributed between 1.5 nm and 3.5 nm. Stability research results demonstrated that BQDs possess high stability performance. The findings revealed that BQDs could be used as a fluorescence nanoprobe for developing a fluorescence “turn-off/turn-on” sensing platform to detect the drug molecule sulfasalazine (SSZ) and Pb<small><sup>2+</sup></small>. The proposed sensor indicates high sensitivity and selectivity towards SSZ, and the linear response range is 1–100 μmol L<small><sup>−1</sup></small> with a detection limit of 0.9 μmol L<small><sup>−1</sup></small>. The quenched fluorescence could be recovered by Pb<small><sup>2+</sup></small> in the range of 40–180 μmol L<small><sup>−1</sup></small> with a detection limit of 39.7 μmol L<small><sup>−1</sup></small>. The proposed “turn off-turn on” sensor gives satisfactory results for practical sample analysis. Meanwhile, the thermodynamic data were estimated, and the corresponding quenching mechanisms were also discussed in detail. Moreover, BQDs had low cytotoxicity, which presented a potential application in cell imaging. They can also be used in the construction of LED and fluorescent film.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 30","pages":" 5152-5161"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1039/D5CE90099A
Maksim D. Kutuzau, Egor Yu. Kaniukov, Elena E. Shumskaya, Victoria D. Bundyukova, Gulnar R. Kalkabay, Maxim V. Zdorovets, Daryn B. Borgekov and Artem L. Kozlovskiy
{"title":"Retraction: The behavior of Ni nanotubes under the influence of environments with different acidities","authors":"Maksim D. Kutuzau, Egor Yu. Kaniukov, Elena E. Shumskaya, Victoria D. Bundyukova, Gulnar R. Kalkabay, Maxim V. Zdorovets, Daryn B. Borgekov and Artem L. Kozlovskiy","doi":"10.1039/D5CE90099A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE90099A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Retraction of ‘The behavior of Ni nanotubes under the influence of environments with different acidities' by Maksim D. Kutuzau <em>et al.</em>, <em>CrystEngComm</em>, 2018, <strong>20</strong>, 3258–3266, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CE00362A.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 29","pages":" 5030-5030"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ce/d5ce90099a?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144671914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00551E
Emmett H. Feld, Eric Bosch, Daniel K. Unruh, Herman R. Krueger and Ryan H. Groeneman
{"title":"Hierarchy and cooperativity between π-type halogen bonds and aromatic carboxylic acid dimers in co-crystal formation†","authors":"Emmett H. Feld, Eric Bosch, Daniel K. Unruh, Herman R. Krueger and Ryan H. Groeneman","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00551E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00551E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Co-crystallization of benzoic and cinnamic acids with the halogen-bond donor 1,4-diiodoperchlorobenzene is reported. In both co-crystals, the carboxylic acid dimer is maintained due to the strength of this supramolecular interaction. As a result, the π-type halogen bond then behaves as an ancillary force that aids in co-crystal formation due to the latent abilities of these aromatic acids to accept this type of halogen bond without disrupting the stronger acid dimer. The hierarchy of these non-covalent interactions, in terms of binding energy, was quantified by a series of density functional theory calculations.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 30","pages":" 5100-5103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00590F
Polina D. Martynova, Olga A. Blatova and Vladislav A. Blatov
{"title":"The concept of ‘color’ topological type: classification and modeling of intermetallic compounds†","authors":"Polina D. Martynova, Olga A. Blatova and Vladislav A. Blatov","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00590F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00590F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >In this paper, we extend the topological representation of crystal structures by introducing the concept of a ‘color’ topological type. In contrast to ‘grey’ topology, which disregards differences in the chemical types of atoms, the ‘color’ topological type accounts for the chemical composition of the atomic environment. This approach, implemented in the program package ToposPro, enables the selection of groups of structures with the same connectivity of atoms of a particular nature. To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed approach, we analyzed 5926 intermetallic compounds described by 11 ‘grey’ topologies and identified all corresponding ‘color’ topological types. We showed, using several examples, that the approach allows the identification of differences in atomic motifs in polymorphic modifications as well as in various compounds with the same stoichiometric composition. Furthermore, the approach reveals differences in the local atomic environment within a given coordination shell. We also explore the potential applications of the proposed approach for modeling structural disorder in multicomponent systems including high-entropy alloys. By determining topologically non-equivalent atomic nets, we were able to significantly reduce the number of configurations to be considered in the modeling of disordered structures using DFT methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 31","pages":" 5304-5311"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00608B
Shengke Tang, Ding Li and Xiang Wu
{"title":"Co0.4Fe1.6P electrocatalysts through Mo ion doping strategies for stable alkaline water splitting","authors":"Shengke Tang, Ding Li and Xiang Wu","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00608B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00608B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The exploration of highly active and durable transition metal phosphide (TMP) electrocatalysts is important for the development of green and sustainable energy technology. However, the poor stability and expensive prices of the catalysts restrict their applications in electrolysis of water. Doping metal atoms can improve the total performance of TMPs. Herein, we prepare several Mo doped Co<small><sub>0.4</sub></small>Fe<small><sub>1.6</sub></small>P materials through a one-step hydrothermal route. The Mo-Co<small><sub>0.4</sub></small>Fe<small><sub>1.6</sub></small>P-5% sample exhibits 73 mV@10 mA cm<small><sup>−2</sup></small> and 260 mV@50 mA cm<small><sup>−2</sup></small> for the HER and OER, respectively. Moreover, it delivers 1.787 V at 100 mA cm<small><sup>−2</sup></small> for electrolysis of water. The catalysts also present a cycle life of 300 h. A facile approach to engineer high-performance non-precious metal electrocatalysts toward efficient water splitting is demonstrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 31","pages":" 5319-5326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00368G
Rafael Barbas, Lídia Bofill, Dafne de Sande and Rafel Prohens
{"title":"A DSC study of the non-isothermal cold crystallization and relaxation effects in ubiquinone and ubiquinol†","authors":"Rafael Barbas, Lídia Bofill, Dafne de Sande and Rafel Prohens","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00368G","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00368G","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Cold crystallization effects, the kinetics-dependent crystallization behaviour of amorphous ubiquinone and ubiquinol produced in a series of quenching from-the-melt experiments, have been extensively studied through the combination of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) techniques under a big diversity of experimental conditions, which has allowed the exploration of their poorly understood polymorphic landscapes. The investigation revealed the existence of a non-previously described polymorph together with a rich set of kinetically dependent transformations, which were observed for the first time by thermal analysis conducted at different heating rates in both oxidized and reduced solid forms of Coenzyme Q10.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 31","pages":" 5356-5362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ce/d5ce00368g?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00494B
Xing Zhang, Linhu Pan, Min Li, Jianquan Jing, Honglei Xia and Qinghua Zhang
{"title":"Constructing insensitive heat-resistant energetic materials via hydrazo bridge mediated resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds†","authors":"Xing Zhang, Linhu Pan, Min Li, Jianquan Jing, Honglei Xia and Qinghua Zhang","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00494B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00494B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Constructing heat-resistant explosives (<em>T</em><small><sub>d</sub></small> > 350 °C) has become an important direction in the field of energetic materials. Herein, a new heat-resistant energetic compound, 6,6′-(hydrazine-1,2-diyl)bis(8-nitro-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-<em>b</em>]pyridazine-3,7-diamine), namely <strong>HDP</strong>, was designed and synthesized based on the combined strategies of the hydrazo bridge and resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds (RAHBs). <strong>HDP</strong> exhibits a striking peak thermal decomposition temperature (<em>T</em><small><sub>d</sub></small> = 374.6 °C), which is more outstanding than that of the recently reported hydrazo bridge heat-resistant molecules and even higher than that of the widely used heat-resistant explosives HNS (<em>T</em><small><sub>d</sub></small> = 349 °C), TATB (<em>T</em><small><sub>d</sub></small> = 360 °C), and PYX (<em>T</em><small><sub>d</sub></small> = 377 °C). Moreover, <strong>HDP</strong> exhibits good mechanical sensitivities (IS = 40 J, FS = 360 N). Theoretical calculations reveal that stronger RAHBs are conducive to the high planarity of molecules and strong interactions in crystals. These findings indicate that the hydrazo bridge mediated RAHBs are an effective strategy to enhance thermal stability and to reduce sensitivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 29","pages":" 5021-5029"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144671913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CrystEngCommPub Date : 2025-06-30DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00492F
Florea Dumitrascu, Marcel Mirel Popa, Sergiu Shova, Isabela C. Man, Constantin Draghici and Mino R. Caira
{"title":"H/F replacement in secondary alcohols of sydnones as examples of isostructural OH⋯OC hydrogen bonded dimer structures†","authors":"Florea Dumitrascu, Marcel Mirel Popa, Sergiu Shova, Isabela C. Man, Constantin Draghici and Mino R. Caira","doi":"10.1039/D5CE00492F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00492F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Two new crystal structures of 4-acetyl-3-aryl-sydnones and their corresponding secondary alcohols obtained by hydrogenation of the acetyl ketone group were obtained and investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, Hirshfeld analysis and DFT. Rather scarce in the CCDC database, 4-acetyl-3-aryl-sydnones presented interesting crystal features and by replacing the C<img>O group with a secondary O–H group, two new isostructural compounds were obtained revealing H/F isosteric replacement and strong O–H⋯O<img>C (sydnone) dimers, as well as attractive anti-parallel sydnone⋯sydnone electrostatic interactions directing the molecular packing. The OH⋯O<img>C hydrogen bonds detected previously by IR spectroscopy were confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. By changing the position of the secondary alcohol, from the sydnone ring to the <em>para</em> position of the phenyl ring, infinite OH⋯O<img>C driven arrays are obtained instead of dimers. DFT calculations were employed to investigate the H-bonded dimers and find reliable evidence of isostructurality by H/F replacement.</p>","PeriodicalId":70,"journal":{"name":"CrystEngComm","volume":" 30","pages":" 5162-5172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}