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Crystal Engineering

Crystal engineering is the design of molecular solids with specific physical and chemical properties through an understanding and manipulation of intermolecular interactions. Engineering strategies typically rely on hydrogen bonding and coordination bonds, but can also use other interactions, such as halogen bonds and ?–? interactions. A major development in the field of crystal engineering in the last decade is related to the development of design strategies for bi-component and higher multi-component crystals (also known as cocrystals). The study and formation of 2D architectures (i.e., molecularly thick architectures) has rapidly emerged as a branch of engineering with molecules. The formation (often referred as molecular self-assembly depending on its deposition process) of such architectures lies in the use of solid interfaces to create adsorbed monolayers. The field of 2D crystal engineering has advanced over the years especially through the advent of scanning probe microscopic techniques which enable one to visualize networks with sub-molecular precision. The many aspects of developments in this field include the understanding of interactions, studies on polymorphism, design of Nano porous networks.

Non-covalent control of structure
Design of multi-component crystals
2D Structures
Polymorphism
Crystal structure prediction
Property design
Crystal Nets (periodic graphs)
Crystal Growth & Design

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