Hot Topics in Crystal Engineering

Highlights the latest breakthroughs in the study, design and synthesis of single crystalline solid-state materials and their properties and applications

Kari Rissanen (Edited by)

9780128181928

Paperback, published 26 August 2021

298 pages
23.5 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg

Hot Topics in Crystal Engineering covers the design and synthesis of single crystalline solid-state materials, their properties and applications, focusing on the understanding and use of intermolecular interactions that constitute single crystalline materials. Many of the most modern materials, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) capable of gas storage and separation, and selective entrapment of harmful substances, are the result of the rational use of crystal engineering. Topics covered in this work highlight breakthroughs in this rapidly developing field. This work offers a carefully chosen cross-section of the latest developments, some in their early infancy and some covered for the first time.

1. Surface Self-Assembly of Hydrogen-bonded Frameworks 2. Crystal Engineering of Coordination Networks: Then and Now 3. From Mechanical Properties to Mechanochemistry of Molecular Crystals: Role of Nanointendation and AFM Indentation Techniques in Crystal Engineering 4. A combined theoretical and CSD perspective on s-hole interactions with tetrels, pnictogens, chalcogens, halogens and noble gasses 5. Crystal Engineering and Pharmaceutical Crystallization 6. From molecular electrostatic potential surfaces to practical avenues for directed assembly of organic and metal-containing crystalline materials

Subject Areas: Physical chemistry [PNR]