Current Challenges in Crystal Engineering

  • Gautam R. Desiraju
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Part of the NATO Science Series book series (NSSE, volume 360)

Abstract

The subject of crystal engineering continues to attract the interest of organic and physical chemists, crystallographers and materials scientists. This chapter discusses some challenges in the determination, analysis, prediction and design of crystal structures of molecular organic solids with specific properties.

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Terephthalic Acid Crystal Engineering Supramolecular Synthons Tetrahedral Network Trimesic Acid 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gautam R. Desiraju
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  1. 1.School of ChemistryUniversity of HyderabadHyderabadIndia

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