"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
S. A. BourneDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, South Africa (e-mail: susan.bourne@uct.ac.za)
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)
L. R. MacGillivrayDépartement de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (e-mail: Leonard.MacGillivray2@USherbrooke.ca)
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
Structural transformations and stability of benzo[a]pyrene under high pressure. (2025). IUCrJ 12, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252524010455.
Statistical optimization of guest uptake in crystalline sponges: grading structural outcomes. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 578-586.
Relating solvatochromism and solvatomorphism in organic dyes using high pressure. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 440-441.
Exploring crystal structure–physical property relationships with pressure. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 438-439.
Chromic and dynamic: soft crystals of platinum(II) complexes pave the way for multi-responsive materials. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 436-437.
Transferable Hirshfeld atom model for rapid evaluation of aspherical atomic form factors. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 249-259.
The curious case of proton migration under pressure in the malonic acid and 4,4′-bipyridine cocrystal. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 168-181.
Conformation–aggregation interplay in the simplest aliphatic ethers probed under high pressure. (2024). IUCrJ 11, 57-61.
Single-crystal quality data from polycrystalline samples: finding the needle in the haystack. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 720-728.
High-throughput calculation screening for new silicon allotropes with monoclinic symmetry. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 464-474.
Functional materials design: octahedral tilts in hybrid n = 1 Ruddlesden–Popper phases. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 382-384.
The nature of π-hole interactions between iodide anions and quinoid rings in the crystalline state. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 156-163.
The dominant component of strong π-hole interactions: electrostatic attraction versus charge transfer. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 145-146.
Novel multi-component crystals of berberine with improved pharmaceutical properties. (2023). IUCrJ 10, 66-76.
Refinement of anomalous dispersion correction parameters in single-crystal structure determinations. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 604-609.
Accurate crystal structure of ice VI from X-ray diffraction with Hirshfeld atom refinement. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 573-579.
Metal-free enantiomorphic perovskite [dabcoH2]2+[H3O]+Br−3 and its one-dimensional polar polymorph. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 544-550.
Symmetry of antiferroelectric crystals crystallized in polar point groups. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 516-522.
Influence of modelling disorder on Hirshfeld atom refinement results of an organo-gold(I) compound. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 497-507.
Semiconductive 2D arrays of pancake-bonded oligomers of partially charged TCNQ radicals. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 449-467.
Solving molecular compounds from powder diffraction data: are results always reliable?. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 403-405.
Effect of synthesis time on plasmonic properties of Ag dendritic nanoforests. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 355-363.
Water and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine: an odd couple make a solid match. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 331-332.
Hirshfeld atom refinement based on projector augmented wave densities with periodic boundary conditions. (2022). IUCrJ 9, 286-297.
Revealing the early stages of carbamazepine crystallization by cryoTEM and 3D electron diffraction. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 860-866.
The mechanism driving a solid–solid phase transition in a biomacromolecular crystal. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 655-664.
Distinct pathways of solid-to-solid phase transitions induced by defects: the case of DL-methionine. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 584-594.
Structural chemistry of layered lead halide perovskites containing single octahedral layers. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 485-513.
Coherent crystal branches: the impact of tetragonal symmetry on the 2D confined polymer nanostructure. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 215-224.
Competitive cocrystallization and its application in the separation of flavonoids. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 195-207.
Crystal engineering in IUCrJ: from `the' crystal structure to `a' crystal structure. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 148-149.
Insight into the structure of decagonite – the extraterrestrial decagonal quasicrystal. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 87-101.
Distortions, deviations and alternative facts: reliability in crystallography. (2021). IUCrJ 8, 4-11.
Hirshfeld atom like refinement with alternative electron density partitions. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 1199-1215.
Cortisone and cortisol break hydrogen-bonding rules to make a drug–prodrug solid solution. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 1124-1130.
Helium's placement in the Periodic Table from a crystal structure viewpoint. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 577-578.
Molecular conformational evolution mechanism during nucleation of crystals in solution. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 542-556.
First synthesis of a unique icosahedral phase from the Khatyrka meteorite by shock-recovery experiment. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 434-444.
Crystal engineering of exemestane to obtain a co-crystal with enhanced urease inhibition activity. (2020). IUCrJ 7, 105-112.
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.