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Updates on the chemistry and engineering of crystals and polymorphism.

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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 🧪
🔓 #OpenAccess
The quality of charge density representations in linear response phonon calculations for organic molecular crystals significantly impacts the predicted thermodynamic properties.
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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🔓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 🧪
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.
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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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 🧪
Trialkylsilyl substituents tune aryl–perfluoroaryl interactions, controlling crystal packing and solid-state photophysical properties.
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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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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CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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🔓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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CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Issue 2 is now online. Check it out!👇
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CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 2. CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 2.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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🔓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 outside back cover for vol 28, issue 1.
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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🔓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 inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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🔓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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CrystEngComm outside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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🎉Our first issue of 2026 is now published! Read it here👇

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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.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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🎉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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A Happy New Year message from the CrystEngComm Editorial Team
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Don't miss the collaborative Highlight review by Vânia André, Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins, @tonifrontera.bsky.social & Kamran Mahmudov & co: Effect of a single chalcogen atom variation on the chalcogen bond parameters: CSD analysis and theoretical calculations 👇

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The chalcogen atom Ch (O, S, Se or Te) replacement at element–Ch⋯nucleophile has a significant impact on the strength and directionality of chalcogen bonding.
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🔓Be sure to read the recent #OpenAccess work by Michael J. Zaworotko and colleagues reporting the crystal engineering of nickel(II) coordination networks sustained by aliphatic dicarboxylate linker ligands 👀👇

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📍 @unioflimerick.bsky.social 🧪
Aliphatic dicarboxylate linkers together with tailored node compositions direct Ni(II) coordination networks toward predictable and topology specific architectures.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🔓Work by Paul J. Saines & co. is featured on the back cover this week. The crystal structure of a recently discovered dihydrochloride metformin salt is discussed in the article: Analysis of a new hydrochloride salt of the common pharmaceutical metformin 👇

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📍 @kent.ac.uk 🧪
CrystEngComm back cover for vol 27, issue 48.
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🔓The issue 48 front cover showcases the #OpenAccess article by Erik Uran and Matic Lozinšek which reports hydrogen-bonded salt cocrystals of xenon difluoride and protonated perfluoroamides. Read it here ⬇️

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📍 Jozef Stefan Institute 🧪
CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 48.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🔓Included in issue 48: A HOT #OpenAccess Highlight article by Stefania Liakaki-Stavropoulou & Konstantinos D Demadis exploring Chemical consolidants for cultural heritage preservation: does crystal engineering have a role to play? Check it out 👇🔥

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📍 University of Crete 🧪
Crystal engineering and chemistry can contribute effectively to Cultural Heritage preservation.
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Our final issue of 2025 is now published! Read it here👇

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 48. CrystEngComm back cover for vol 27, issue 48.
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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👀Take a look at the work by M. Kawahata, K.Yamaguchi & co on the inside front cover on tetrameric H-shaped assemblies as a motif in inclusion crystals of bent-shaped host molecules having nitrophenol moieties👇

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📍Showa Pharmaceutical University; Tokushima Bunri University 🧪
CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 47.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🔓Check out the #OpenAccess work by Iain D. H. Oswald and co-workers reporting pressure-induced phase behaviour and compressibility of the racemic and chiral solid forms, ofloxacin and levofloxacin⬇️

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High-pressure crystallography of three related fluoroquinolone solid forms reveals distinct phase behaviour under compression providing understanding of API stability under processing conditions.
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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This week the cover features work by Hiroki Fukumoto, Masato Morita & co. on co-crystallization of benzothiazole via halogen & hydrogen bonding: crystal structure & photoluminescence properties. Read it here⬇️

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📍 Ibaraki University; Kyoto Institute of Technology 🧪
CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 47.
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess communication by Vinko Nemec, Dominik Cincic & co. examining halopyridinium cations as bifunctional donors of halogen and hydrogen bonds in salts with benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic acids.👇

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📍University of Zagreb
10 salts of selected mono- and dihalopyridines with benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic acids have been synthesised and structurally characterised in order to study halopyridinium cations as bifunctional donors.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🎉Issue 47 is published! Read it here👇

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CrystEngComm front cover for vol 27, issue 47. CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 47.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This week's inside front cover features a Highlight review by Jose V. Parambil, Aijaz Dar & co. highlighting crystal engineering considerations for pharmaceutical co-crystals. Learn more!👇

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📍 Indian Institute of Technology, Patna; University of Kashmir 🧪
CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 27, issue 46.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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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📍@bathchem.bsky.social 🧪
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