All Crystallography articles – Page 3
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ResearchHigh-purity cubic phase offers new insight into ice physics
Cubic ice without stacking defects could help improve understanding of ice polymorphism
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Research
Yo-yo crystals are a new, rare kind of chiral porous material
Highly unusual structures possess chirality on molecular and macroscopic scales
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Opinion
Ellie Knaggs and tetrahedral carbon
Ellie Knaggs’ claim to be the first to use x-rays to prove carbon’s tetrahedral bonding in molecules has been overlooked, finds Andy Extance
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Semiconductive properties see subvalent silver oxide contravene textbook rules
Extreme synthetic conditions create material with a seemingly implausible electron count
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New setup enables EPR studies on tiny protein crystals
Experiments that normally takes five hours can now be done in just eight minutes
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Opinion
Kathleen Lonsdale’s crystallography tables
No princes were needed on the quest for structure factors
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Opinion
Do you know about C–H‧‧‧O?
The C–H‧‧‧O hydrogen bond controversy has long been resolved – we should tell our students
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Feature
The forgotten female crystallographer who discovered C–H⋯O bonds
Andy Extance tells the overlooked story of crystallographer June Sutor, whose C–H⋯O bonding hypothesis was unjustly suppressed
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First 4D look at crystallising atoms contradicts textbook nucleation theory
Tracking individual atoms over time in a solid-to-solid phase puts another nail in classical nucleation theory’s coffin
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News
The Cambridge Structural Database hits one million structures
Warning! Contains extreme crystallography
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Curious colours expose f-electron covalency effects
New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
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Opinion
The price of a failed experiment
Research is not straightforward, but its ups and downs will teach you a lot
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Research
Magnets on hand for separating chiral crystals
Enantiomers crystallise individually at opposite magnetic poles, driven by interactions with electron spin
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Frozen fluorine’s structure revisited after 50 years
Second ever crystal structure of solid fluorine solves 50-year-old crystal symmetry conundrum
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Co-crystals fish out cannabinoid from plant extract
Purifying cannabidiol from natural cannabis extract made cheap and easy thanks to amino acid partner
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'Self-destructing' solvents control crystallisation
‘Deep eutomic’ mixtures allow easy access to unusual pharmaceutical polymorphs
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The protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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Chameleon compounds from the cocrystal continuum
Indecisive crystals exploited to find new thermochromic materials
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Light pulse peels crystal layers off parent
Partial cis–trans isomerisation in photoactive organic molecule results in controlled fragmentation
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Molecular movie reveals how twisting methyl disturbs aspirin electrons
Femtosecond x-ray experiments show how small vibrations kick off electron redistribution around an entire aspirin molecule
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