Crystal engineering: structure, property and beyond.

Gautam R Desiraju

doi:10.1107/s2052252517014853

Abstract

Crystal engineering, which was considered to be crystal structure engineering, is now transforming into crystal property engineering. The same or similar crystal structures could have different properties while different crystal structures could have similar properties.

Highlights

In the earliest days of crystal engineering, a property was associated with a molecular structure, which in turn became associated with a certain intermolecular interaction
The recently concluded 24th Congress of the IUCr in Hyderabad featured a large number of invited lectures in crystal engineering and some of these have appeared or will be appearing shortly as research papers and topical reviews in IUCrJ
I would add that IUCrJ is being considered seriously as a forum of publication for interesting work in crystal engineering alongside well established journals like J

Summary

Introduction

In the earliest days of crystal engineering, a property was associated with a molecular structure, which in turn became associated with a certain intermolecular interaction.

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Conclusion