
"The interaction between crystallography and chemistry has been lively. It has been an active and stimulating exchange of ideas ever since the existence of crystals was noticed more than two millennia ago. This exchange has taken a new meaning after the discovery of X-ray diffraction and the determination of crystal structures, 100 years ago. Crystal engineering is the latest chapter of chemical crystallography and it has all the ingredients of a fundamental science with important practical applications in fields as diverse as pharmaceuticals, separation and catalysis."
main editor for chemistry and crystal engineering
G. R. DesirajuSolid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India (e-mail: gautam.desiraju@gmail.com)
co-editors
M. EddaoudiAdvanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa)
P. LightfootSchool of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK (e-mail: pl@st-andrews.ac.uk)
L. R. MacGillivrayDepartment of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, USA (e-mail: len-macgillivray@uiowa.edu)
C.-Y. SuSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China (e-mail: cesscy@mail.sysu.edu.cn)
articles in this subject area
Extraordinary anisotropic thermal expansion in photosalient crystals. (2020). IUCrJ 7, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252519014581.
Investigation of growth characteristics and semimetal–semiconductor transition of polycrystalline bismuth thin films. (2020). IUCrJ 7, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252519015458.
Charge densities in actinide compounds: strategies for data reduction and model building. (2019). IUCrJ 6, 895-908.
Supramolecular synthon hierarchy in sulfonamide cocrystals with syn-amides and N-oxides. (2019). IUCrJ 6, 751-760.
X-ray diffraction data as a source of the vibrational free-energy contribution in polymorphic systems. (2019). IUCrJ 6, 558-571.
Plasticity enhancement in pharmaceutical drugs by water of crystallization: unusual slip planes. (2019). IUCrJ 6, 505-506.
Synthesis of new Ln4(Al2O6F2)O2 (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd) phases with a cuspidine-related structure. (2019). IUCrJ 6, 128-135.
Determination of chemical ordering in the complex perovskite Pb(Cd1/3Nb2/3)O3. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 808-815.
Conformational aspects of polymorphs and phases of 2-propyl-1H-benzimidazole. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 706-715.
The hydrocarbon-bearing clathrasil chibaite and its host–guest structure at low temperature. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 595-607.
Controlled usage of H/D exchange to circumvent concomitant polymorphs of ROY. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 569-573.
Do the basic crystal chemistry principles agree with a plethora of recent quantum chemistry data?. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 542-547.
Structural studies of crystalline forms of triamterene with carboxylic acid, GRAS and API molecules. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 309-324.
Isomerism in double-pillared-layer coordination polymers – structures and photoreactivity. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 182-189.
Probing the accuracy and precision of Hirshfeld atom refinement with HARt interfaced with Olex2. (2018). IUCrJ 5, 32-44.
Thermomechanical effect in molecular crystals: the role of halogen-bonding interactions. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 812-823.
Theoretical prediction of strain tuneable quaternary spintronic Heusler compounds. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 712-713.
A closer look into close packing: pentacoordinated silicon in a high-pressure polymorph of danburite. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 671-677.
Crystal structure across the β to α phase transition in thermoelectric Cu2−xSe. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 476-485.
Validation of experimental charge-density refinement strategies: when do we overfit?. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 420-430.
Halogen bonding in hypervalent iodine and bromine derivatives: halonium salts. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 411-419.
Structure-directing effects of ionic liquids in the ionothermal synthesis of metal–organic frameworks. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 380-392.
Making crystals with a purpose; a journey in crystal engineering at the University of Bologna. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 369-379.
Stochastic polarity formation in molecular crystals, composite materials and natural tissues. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 360-368.
New leads for fragment-based design of rhenium/technetium radiopharmaceutical agents. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 283-290.
Mechanochemical synthesis of N-salicylideneaniline: thermosalient effect of polymorphic crystals. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 243-250.
Atom interaction propensities of oxygenated chemical functions in crystal packings. (2017). IUCrJ 4, 158-174.
Towards an understanding of the propensity for crystalline hydrate formation by molecular compounds. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 430-439.
Constructing covalent organic frameworks in water via dynamic covalent bonding. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 402-407.
An exceptional series of phase transitions in hydrophobic amino acids with linear side chains. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 341-353.
Application of X-ray topography to USSR and Russian space materials science. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 200-210.
A co-crystal between benzene and ethane: a potential evaporite material for Saturn's moon Titan. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 192-199.
Binary and ternary cocrystals of sulfa drug acetazolamide with pyridine carboxamides and cyclic amides. (2016). IUCrJ 3, 152-160.
Will measuring mechanical properties help us understand solid-state reactions?. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 607-608.
Crystal chemistry of layered structures formed by linear rigid silyl-capped molecules. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 584-600.
Quantitative analysis of intermolecular interactions in orthorhombic rubrene. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 563-574.
Modularity and three-dimensional isostructurality of novel synthons in sulfonamide-lactam cocrystals. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 389-401.
Likelihood of atom-atom contacts in crystal structures of halogenated organic compounds. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 327-340.
Cascading time evolution of dissipative structures leading to unique crystalline textures. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 59-73.
Photocrystallography reveals new metastable nitrosyl linkage isomers in the solid state. (2015). IUCrJ 2, 5-6.
Structural basis for the transformation pathways of the sodium naproxen anhydrate-hydrate system. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 328-337.
Tackling a difficult question: how do crystals of coordination polymers form?. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 263-264.
Aniline-phenol recognition: from solution through supramolecular synthons to cocrystals. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 228-239.
Evidence of electronic polarization of the As ion in the superconducting phase of F-doped LaFeAsO. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 155-159.
On the correlation between hydrogen bonding and melting points in the inositols. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 61-73.
Halogen bonds in some dihalogenated phenols: applications to crystal engineering. (2014). IUCrJ 1, 49-60.