Halogen bonding connects a wide range of subjects — from materials science to structural biology, from computation to crystal engineering, and from synthesis to spectroscopy. The 1st International Symposium on Halogen Bonding explored the state of the art in this fast-growing field of research.
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Erdelyi, M. A big hello to halogen bonding. Nature Chem 6, 762–764 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2042
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