forthcoming articles

The following articles are a selection of those recently accepted for publication in Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials.

See also Forthcoming articles in all IUCr journals.

Accepted 6 February 2025

Electric charge and salting in/out effects on glucagon's dipole moments and polarizabilities using the GruPol database

This work explores the prediction of glucagon's dipole moments and polarizabilities using the GruPol database, incorporating ionic effects and solvation conditions. The results highlight the influence of high ionic concentrations on the protein's electrical properties, demonstrating good agreement with quantum mechanical benchmarks.

Accepted 4 February 2025

Qu­antitative crystal structure analysis in tri­fluoro­methyl and cyano-substituted N-phenyl­benzamides


Accepted 2 February 2025

Electron density and elastic properties of crystalline [Co(NH3)5NO2]ClNO3: a quantum crystallography study

The intra- and intermolecular atomic interactions in crystalline [Co(NH3)5NO2]ClNO3 and its elastic properties are studied.

Accepted 28 January 2025

Intrusion of quantum crystallography into classical lands

One hundred years after the quantum theory established position and momentum as incompatible quantities, quantum crystallography offers the possibility of an electron phase-space picture in crystals.

Accepted 28 January 2025

A new crystal phase of calcium stannate CaSn2O4(OH)2 and its physico-chemical properties

At 350 °C[623 K], the thermo-vapour treatment of calcium and tin oxides leads to the formation of the previously unknown CaSn2O4(OH)2 phase with lamellar crystals. The synthesised CaSn2O4(OH)2 sample is a stable thermodynamic phase, it has high catalytic activity and selectivity towards C6+ products in the aldol condensation of acetone at 400 °C[673 K].

Accepted 26 January 2025

Computation screening for incorrectly determined cocrystal structures

A method for computational differentiation of salts and cocrystals based on density functional theory is extended. The range of processed structures is extended from 95 to 404 and several problematic structures are recrystallized and redetermined. Our methodology for salt–cocrystal differentiation is improved by using and testing more up to date functionals (rSCAN, r2SCAN). -> [Computational salt–cocrystal differentiation, based on density functional theory improved by up-to-date functionals rSCAN and r2SCAN, has been tested for 404 structures. Several problematic structures have been redetermined.]

Accepted 23 January 2025

Is it possible to obtain a plausible experimental electronic structure without collecting high-order diffraction data?

Experimental electronic structure comparison of the multipole refinement with full dataset and the refinement using the low-order dataset with NospherA2 geometry.

Accepted 23 January 2025

Disorder- and magnetism-driven structural changes in Sm2Mn1–xGa6–yGey

High-resolution single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments were performed for Sm2Mn1–xGa6–yGey over a wide temperature range (180–430 K). The experiments revealed significant strucural changes that are caused by structural disorder and magnetic ordering.

Accepted 21 January 2025

Structural and magnetic properties of β-Li2IrO3 after grazing-angle focused ion beam thinning

A minimally invasive use of a focused ion beam at grazing incidence can reduce the size of bulk crystals without jeopardizing the structural and electronic order parameters.

Accepted 10 January 2025

Computational analysis tools for magnetic structures in the Bilbao Crystallographic Server

Summary of the tools provided by the Bilbao Crystallographic Server for the analysis and determination of magnetic structures.


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