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How to use DIALS to process chemical crystallography 3D ED rotation data from pixel array detectors. A. Vypritskaia, X. Zou, T. Yang & D. G. Waterman (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 1-13. 
Standards for MicroED. J. Unge, B. L. Nannenga, A. G. Oliver & T. Gonen (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 376-390. 
A good-practice guide to solving and refining mol­ecular organic crystal structures from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction data. E. Kabova, M. Mersiyanova, K. Shankland, N. Shankland & M. Spillman (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 559-569. 
Synthesis and characterization of coumarin-derived sulfur analogues using Lawesson's reagent. N. Mama, S. Schoeman, L. Myburgh & E. C. Hosten (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 170-180. 
Visualizing and teaching crystallographic symm­etry using Jmol. D. H. Johnston & R. M. Hanson (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 258-266. 
Fast event-based electron counting for small-mol­ecule structure determination by MicroED. N. Vlahakis, S. Qu, L. S. Richards, L. S. de Moraes, D. Cascio, H. M. Nelson & J. A. Rodriguez (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 116-130. 
Single-crystal structure of the spicy capsaicin. M. Lozinšek (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 188-192. 
Best practices in `0 K' DFT energy calculations on mol­ecular crystal structures. J. van de Streek & E. R. Johnson (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 383-400. 
Structural and biological aspects of (tert-but­oxy­carbonyl­amino)­propyl­phospho­nate derivatives. A. Olczak, A. Trocha, I. E. Głowacka, D. G. Piotrowska, I. Korona-Głowniak, K. Suśniak, M. Zaborowski & M. Szczesio (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 116-122. 
Crystallographic and physicochemical characterization of salcaprozoic acid: a structural basis for SNAC-enabled drug delivery systems. P. Roy, P. G. Waddell, R. Dey & O. N. Kavanagh (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 607-613. 
Structure and optical properties of a trimetallic cobalt–molybdenum–sodium metal–organic framework. B. J. Moore, J. P. Tidey, C. I. Hiley & R. I. Walton (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 102-109. 
Semi-automated MicroED system unveils multiple polymorphs in fish-derived guanine crystals. M. Nakazawa, S. Hayashi, K. Tanaka, K. Iwasaki, M. Goda, Y. Yamada & N. Adachi (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 310-323. 
Diffuse scattering in silver hypo­di­phos­phate, Ag4(P2O6), probed by 3D ED. V. Kinzhybalo, J. Wojciechowski, D. A. Kowalska, V. Maliuzhenko & K. A. Ślepokura (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 277-284. 
Weak hy­dro­gen bonding in the structures of three double-acyl­ated amino­anti­pyrines. L. Mardiana, A. B. A. Abdali, M. J. Hall, H. H. A. Mamari & P. G. Waddell (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 687-693. 
Room-tem­per­a­ture crystal structures of [CH(NH2)2]3Sb2X9 (X = Br and I). P. Bhatt, Y. Liu, A. Regoutz & R. G. Palgrave (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 138-143. 
Tying up lots of loose ends: dealing with unpublished crystal structures. W. Clegg (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 303-309. 
Rb2Ca2Si2O7: a new alkali alkaline-earth silicate based on [Si2O7]6− anions. V. Kahlenberg (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 146-155. 
Structure and intermolecular interactions of the rare amide–pyridine synthon: a cocrystal of nicotinamide and 2-chloro-3-hydroxypyridine. O. Akerele & A. Lemmerer (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 267-276. 
On the SHELX, PLATON and IUCr/checkCIF crystal structure validation platform. A. L. Spek (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 595-602. 
Charge-enhanced pyri­dyl tri­fluoro­borate organocatalysts: crystal structures and reactivity. A. Lovstedt, S. H. Dempsey & S. Kass (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 8-26. 
Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders. A. N. Fitch (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 596-597. 
Effect of mol­ecular perturbation on co­crys­tal formation: theo­phyl­line and its 8-halo analogues with flavonoids. W. Ye, H. H.-Y. Sung & I. D. Williams (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 414-426. 
YK-4-250, a synthetic telmisartan–tempol conjugate: crystal structure of a stabilized free radical containing an angiotensin AT1 receptor inhibitor. S. Friedrich, Y. Kong, F. N. Musayev, M. L. Brown & B. F. Gupton (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 547-552. 
Hydro­chlorides, hydrates, hydro­nitrate, and an unanti­cipated hydrolysis product of famotidine. M. K. C. Weaver, A. G. Oliver & T. L. O. Barstis (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 241-249. 
Nucleophilic substitution of a phthalimidyl group with morpholine in an N1-methyl-1,2,3-triazole: crystallographic evidence for migration of the methyl­ene bridge. P. R. Palme, R. Goddard, M. Leutzsch, A. Richter, P. Imming & R. W. Seidel (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 144-150. 
Are crystal structures getting better? A temporal and elemental analysis of the Cambridge Structural Database. F. Meurer (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 603-609. 
Structure of L-arginine and detection of trace DL-arginine by 3D ED. K. P. Khakurel & S. Mahmoudi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 391-396. 
Structural insights into transition-metal–amino­diphosphine (PNP) com­plexes bearing [MCln(PNP)2] (M = Co, Ru, Cr or Mo; n = 1 or 2) cores in the solid state. S. J. Zamisa, A. A. Adeleke, D. Naicker, H. B. Friedrich & B. Omondi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 694-701. 
Making symmetry visible: an inter­active visualizer for teaching crystallography. G. de la Flor (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 301-302. 
Racemic mimics. Part 1. Nickel coordination com­pounds. I. Bernal & R. A. Lalancette (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 181-187. 
Ce, Gd and Yb accumulation in microalgae: an L-edge XAS study. M. Plouviez, K. Wolmarans, B. Guieysse, A. M. E. Matinong, O. Buwalda, V. Mitchell, P. Ramkissoon, P. Kappen & R. G. Haverkamp (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 504-512. 
Salt forms of the monoazo dye Mordant Orange 1. A. R. Kennedy, C. MacCall, M. W. Reid, B. Shaw & M. Taylor (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 427-436. 
Single-crystal structure determination of psilocybin after dehydration. S. K. Emmett, L. Cameron, M. Hestermann, D. Holland, S. Kessler, L. McFarlane, Y.-H. Chooi & S. A. Moggach (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 542-546. 
Structural adaptability and hy­dro­gen bonding in a dissymmetric pyrimidine thio­ether ligand. K. Anoliefo, K. Brown, L. K. Hiscock, P. D. Boyle & L. N. Dawe (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 598-606. 
Transformations of thio­carbonyls into alkenes via Barton–Kellogg olefination. A. Linden, D. H. Egli & H. Heimgartner (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 238-245. 
Salt forms of a thio­amide: protonation of 1-(2,6-di­methyl­phen­yl)thio­urea. K. Donnachie, B. Gibson, A. R. Kennedy, C. MacCall & M. Reid (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 129-137. 
The disordered structure of sparsentan: energy calculations for com­peting chain con­for­mations. T. Gelbrich, K. Saršüns & D. E. Braun (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 530-538. 
Protonated deca­fluoro­benzo­phenone and the deca­fluoro­benzo­phenone–arsenic penta­fluoride adduct. E. Uran & M. Lozinšek (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 577-583. 
Origin of phase relative stability and phase transformation in an S-ibu­pro­fen–nicotinamide cocrystal. M. Guerain, H. Chevreau, E. Elkaim, Y. Guinet, L. Paccou, F. Danède, A. Hedoux & F. Affouard (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 658-665. 
Synthesis, structure and blue-light emission of a zero-dimensional zinc halide with the 4-(4-chloro­phen­yl)pyridinium cation. T. Li & H.-R. Fu (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 462-466. 
High-pressure crystal structure of n-hexyl­amine. B. Kuleczka, N. Sacharczuk, A. Olejniczak & M. Podsiadło (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 346-350. 
A developed method of qu­anti­tative phase analysis (QPA) to solve the effect of preferred orientation in phosphate materials. H. Chen, C. Wang & J. Li (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 282-287. 
Ca(BF4)2·xH2O redefined from powder diffraction as hy­dro­gen-bonded Ca(H2O)4(BF4)2 ribbons. A. Le Bail (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 338-341. 
Good data with `bad' reflections: the employment of non-spherical scattering factors in the redetermination of the structure of O-ethyl N-phenyl­carbamate. P. G. Jones (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 455-461. 
Protonated oxalyl chloride and the ClCO+ cation. S. Steiner, K. Djordjevic, V. Bockmair, D. Hollenwäger & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 792-797. 
Syn- and anti-rotamers of the ortho-stereoisomer [Pt{(o-BrC6F4)N(CH2)2NEt2}Cl(py)]. R. Ojha, A. M. Bond, P. C. Junk & G. B. Deacon (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 513-518. 
Exploration of the structure and inter­actions of 4-(di­methyl­amino)-3-methyl­phenyl N-methyl­car­bam­ate (Aminocarb). O. Akerele & A. Lemmerer (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 310-318. 
Structures and electronic properties of cobalt(II) selone coordination com­plexes. S. M. Purcell, E. W. Reinheimer & J. S. Ritch (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 718-722. 
Hydrogen bonding in cocrystals of trans-NiII(hfac)2(H2O)2. G. L. Clemmer, C. W. York, M. G. Gray, E. M. Fatila & A. Lovstedt (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 641-647. 
Structural investigations of benzoyl fluoride and the benzoacyl cation of low-melting com­pounds and reactive inter­mediates. V. Bockmair, M. Regnat, H. K. T. Tran & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 93-101. 
Demystifying density functional theory for the crystal engineering community. G. J. O. Beran (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 485-486. 
Synthesis, structure and orange-light emission of a zero-dimensional anti­mony(III) halide with the 4,4′-(ethane-1,2-di­yl)di­pyri­din-1-ium cation. T. Li, Y.-H. Li, J.-Y. Han, Y.-T. Wang & M.-L. Han (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 453-458. 
Crystal clear: the impact of crystal structure in the development of high-performance organic semiconductors. C. J. McHugh (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 696-697. 
A polymeric form of basic iron(III) acetate with an acetic acid ligand. B. F. Abrahams, R. Robson & C. J. Commons (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 787-791. 
Crystal structure of fuco­xanthin: resolving a long-standing crystallographic challenge. Y. Wakasa & M. Minoura (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 627-633. 
The crystal structures of methyl prop-2-ynoate, dimethyl fumarate and their protonated species. D. Hollenwäger, V. Bockmair & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 31-37. 
The cleavage of indinavir sulfate: synthesis and characterization of a cis-1-amino-2-indanol salt. T. M. L. Mokoto, A. Lemmerer, Y. Sayed, K. C. Tapala, I. B. Setshedi & M. G. Smith (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 497-503. 
Solvent-free thallium(I) tetra­kis­[3,5-bis­(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)phen­yl]borate: crystal structure, supra­molecular inter­actions and anisotropic thermal expansion. J. Stephan, L. Schröck, E. E. Petersen, R. L. Ettlinger & A. Pöthig (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 619-626. 
Polymorphism in a secondary phosphine. M. Liu, K. Izod & P. G. Waddell (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 109-113. 
Diprotonation of taurine: 2-[dihy­droxy(oxo)sul­fan­ylium­yl]ethanaminium bis[hexa­fluoro­arsenate(V)]. V. Bockmair, A. Klöck, D. Hollenwäger & A. J. Kornath (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 781-786. 
Effect of the size of halide ligands on the crystal structures of halide-bibridged polymers of HgX2 with 4-ethyl­pyridine. B. M. P. Beebeejaun-Boodoo (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 680-686. 
Concomitant colour polymorphs of (Z)-N-(4-fluoro­phen­yl)-2-oxo­propane­hydrazonoyl chloride. L. Müller, R. Goddard, P. Frohberg & R. W. Seidel (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 481-487. 
High-pressure synthesis of bilayer nickelate Sr3Ni2O5Cl2 with a tetra­gonal crystal structure. K. Yamane, Y. Matsushita, S. Adachi, T. Hiroto, R. Matsumoto, K. Terashima, H. Sakurai & Y. Takano (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 259-263. 
On the de­pro­ton­ation of chloro­thia­zide. R. K. H. Brydson, M. L. Gray, A. R. Kennedy, B. C. O'Hara, M. W. Reid & I. Ugbolue (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 102-108. 
Electron diffraction in structural chemistry. G. P. A. Yap (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 374-375. 
Structures of nickel–, copper–, and zinc–salophen derivatives. D. A. Seymour Jr, R. V. Amsbaugh, C. G. Colcord, I. R. Fejes, L. C. Gebhardt, G. P. A. Yap & M. M. Deegan (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 336-350. 
Monoprotonated species of 2-amino­malonyl difluoride, [C3H4F2NO2][H2F3]. D. Hollenwäger, D. Leitz, V. Bockmair & A. J. Kornath (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 77-81. 
Halogen and hy­dro­gen bonding of 3,6-bis­(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetra­zine and 3,6-bis­(pyridin-4-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetra­zine. A. J. Peloquin, C. D. McMillen & W. T. Pennington (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 351-357. 
Crystal structure and optical properties of a two-dimensional lead(II) chloride porous metal halide semiconductor. A. Azmy & I. Spanopoulos (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 407-413. 
A personal account of the history of X-ray crystallography at the University of La Plata, Argentina. O. E. Piro (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 14-21. 
Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of the zero-dimensional hybrid per­ov­skite 1,4-di­azonia­bicyclo­[2.2.2]octane hexa­bromidostannate(IV). P. Boundja, A. D. Hounsi, N. Claiser, E. Wenger, M. M. Dzagli & C. Lecomte (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 199-203. 
Study of a new fluorinated com­pound: variable-tem­per­a­ture crystallography, thermal expansion, theoretical calculations and biological assays. M. Hoelm, B. Kost, P. Nowak, M. K. Dudek, Z. Kinart, R. Pawlowska & K. Kowalska (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 285-293. 
Synthesis and structure analysis of a cobalt(III) coordination com­pound obtained from a redox-active phenolate ligand and cobalt(II). C. E. T. Bruzeguini, R. I. Bezerra & M. A. Ribeiro (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 358-364. 
An Mn2+-based organic–inorganic hybrid with spatially separated charge transfer for efficient green phospho­rescence. W. Wu, Q. Fu, H. Ren, H. Han, J. Yang, L. Wang, J. Ma, Z. Wang & J. Li (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 294-300. 
Crystal structures and thermogravimetric analyses of six CuCN net­work structures with protonated N-alkyl­ethano­lamines as guest cations. P. W. R. Corfield, A. Carlson, G. J. Contrera, N. Eisha, E. Faisal, D. J. Garcia & N. R. Gencarelli (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 584-595. 
Synthesis and structural characterization of rare-earth selenates: Yb2(SeO3)(SeO4)2(H2O)2, Yb(HSeO3)(SeO4), and Tm2(SeO4)3(H2O)4·H2O. C. Jones & J. Ling (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 331-335. 
Foreword to the special issue Crystallography in Latin America: a vibrant community. M. Rosales-Hoz & R. Diniz (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 114-115. 
Bonding properties and crystal packing in β-(SeCl4)4 derived from Hirshfeld Atom Refinement. J. de D. Guzmán-Hernández & V. Jancik (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 766-774. 
Where are the lone pairs? QC and QCT. F. Cortés-Guzmán (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 54-55. 
Homopolyatomic bis­muth cluster com­pound Bi8[AlBr4]2: synthesis, structural characterization, and electronic structure. S. M. G. K. Samarakoon, C. N. Estrella & S. Baranets (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 324-330. 
Crystal and electronic structure of heteroanionic praseodymium chloro­silicate Pr3Cl5[SiO4]. E. Madura, D. Weng, T. Kandabadage & S. Baranets (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 401-406. 
Synthesis, crystal structure and anti­fungal activity of an ethyl­enedi­ammonium-templated nickel(II) pyromellitate coordination polymer. S. Baby, A. P. Andrews & M. Padmanabhan (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 228-233. 
Effect of experimental parameters on the formation of hydrated sodium titanate nanocrystals. J. Deng, K. Liu & Z. Ren (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 250-257. 
Hydrogen-bonding functionalities of selected azole drugs in multicom­ponent crystals with tri­thio­cyanuric acid. A. Ben, M. Domagała & L. Chęcińska (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 176-188. 
Two different products from the reaction between 2-formyl­phenyl­boronic acid and benzhydrazide: benzoyl hydrazone versus dimer. J. P. Chakiris, C. J. Sumby, D. A. Brooks, T. D. Ashton & S. M. Hickey (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 55-59. 
Compounds related to organic Dirac electron systems (ODES) using linear gold(I) com­plex anions. S. Yamamoto & T. Naito (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 570-576. 
From central chirality to helical chirality: two chiral coordination polymers based on a lactic acid derivative and their SHG responses. Q.-Q. Chen, H.-Y. Qin, J. Yan, X.-L. Liang, C.-G. Chen, Z.-X. Xu & X.-J. Yin (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 358-367. 
A new Dion–Jacobson-type perovskite with an isomorphic phase transition. Y.-X. Xu, X.-Y. Zheng, B.-B. Yu, S.-T. Yuan, J.-Y. Ma, J.-B. Yuan, L.-D. Yu & J.-Q. Liu (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 448-452. 
Can halogen atoms in cou­marin derivatives affect the structure and anti­proliferative activity of nickel(II) com­plexes?. J. Kurjan, E. Samolova, V. Medvecová, M. Kello & I. Potočňák (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 368-382. 
NMR and X-ray study of the diastereoselective [3+2] cyclo­addition reaction of chiral acridine with stable 2,4,6-tri­methyl­benzo­nitrile N-oxide. L. Ungvarská Maľučká, I. Potočňák, E. Samolova & M. Vilková (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 234-240. 
Synthesis, structural characterization, and electronic structure of monoclinic α-[SeCl3][MoOCl4]. T. Kandabadage, S. M. Ibrahim & S. Baranets (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 487-493. 
Crystal structure of submicron-sized sulfur particles using 3D ED obtained in atmospheric conditions. S. Rahimisheikh, A. Hajizadeh, M. Quintelier, S. Stulens, A. Hardy & J. Hadermann (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 56-63. 
New di­thiol­ene derivatives as coordination chromophores: structural, spectroscopic, electrochemical, Hirshfeld surface analyses, and in-vitro cytotoxicity. K. T. Cordero Giménez, G. I. Miranda Méndez, O. D. Pichardo Peguero, A. Burgos-Suazo, J. Cruz Lozada, C. M. González Dumeng, J. O. Rivera Reyes, J. Acosta Mercado & D. M. Piñero Cruz (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 204-221. 
Chiral resolution of (S)- and (R)-phenyl­lactic acid and a racemic macrocyclic nickel(II) com­plex: synthesis and crystal structures. G.-C. Ou, Q. Wang & Q. Zhou (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 222-227. 
Synthesis, XRD structural analysis and theoretical studies of a potential inhibitor against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). K. Monge-Hoyos, R. Moreno-Fuquen, K. Arango-Daraviña, J. Ellena & P. H. O. Santiago (2024). Acta Cryst. C80, 707-715. 
Conformational versatility among crystalline solids of L-phenyl­alanine derivatives. F. Movilla, J. M. Rey, M. del R. López Borda & F. Di Salvo (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 64-76. 
An energetic study of differences in crystallization of N-(furan-3-yl)benzamide and N-(thio­phen-3-yl)benzamide. W. H. Pearson, J. J. Urban, A. H. R. MacArthur, S. Lin & M. Mohadjer Beromi (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 539-547. 
Crystal structures and supra­molecular and Hirshfeld surface analysis of three novel 2,4,6-tri­amino­pyrimidine salts. M. Mohana, M. Sangavi & R. J. Butcher (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 513-523. 
Structures of hexa­kis­(anti­pyrine)lead(II) com­plexes: the first example of the stereochemically active and inactive 6s2 lone pair for one lead(II) com­plex. K. Łyczko & M. Łyczko (2026). Acta Cryst. C82, 524-533. 
Applicability of Hirshfeld atom refinement for establishing the nature of chemical bonding in quinoic com­pounds. Ł. Cieszyński, J. Krzeszczakowska & A. Makal (2025). Acta Cryst. C81, 648-657. 
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