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Crystal Engineering: Functionality and Aesthetics

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Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials

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Functionality and aesthetics are two major driving forces for the advancement of science and technology and of course crystal engineering is no exception. In this article we discuss our rational designing strategies for controlling the functional properties of materials using both organic and inorganic molecular building blocks. The targeted functional properties include light-harvesting, ion exchange, porosity and intercalation. Our efforts to construct porous solids by exploiting directional forces in conjunction with molecular symmetry unraveled beautifully interwoven and threaded supramolecular structures that resemble carpets and Chinese blinds of the real world. Efforts have been made to discuss our results in light of the narrowing gap between ‘discrete’ and ‘infinitely large’ supermolecules.

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Sharma, C.V.K. (1999). Crystal Engineering: Functionality and Aesthetics. In: Braga, D., Grepioni, F., Orpen, A.G. (eds) Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials. NATO Science Series, vol 538. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4505-3_28

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