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Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties

State of the Art in Modeling, Design and Applications

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Juan J. Novoa

    1. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Dario Braga

    1. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  3. Lia Addadi

    1. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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  • A complete review of the current state-of-the-art in crystalline molecular materials
  • Covers from the basic concepts (intermolecular interactions, crystal packing prediction, polymorphism,...) to the most interesting applications (magnetism, conductivity, non-linear optics, biomaterials,...)
  • Contributions from many of the main specialists on the field

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Biomineralization Design Strategies and Mechanisms of Mineral Formation: Operating at the Edge of Instability

    • Lia Addadi, Yael Politi, Fabio Nudelman, Steve Weiner
    Pages 1-15

  3. Self-Assembled Monolayers as Templates for Inorganic Crystallization: a Bio-Inspired Approach

    • Joanna Aizenberg
    Pages 17-32

  4. Databases in Crystal Engineering

    • Alessia Bacchi
    Pages 33-58

  5. Case Studies on Intermolecular Interactions in Crystalline Metals

    • Patrick Batail
    Pages 59-86

  6. Crystal Polymorphism

    • Joel Bernstein
    Pages 87-109

  7. Complementarity: Correlating Structural Features with Physical Properties in Supramolecular Systems

    • Susan A. Bourne
    Pages 111-129

  8. Making Crystals from Crystals: A Solid-State Route to the Engineering of Crystalline Materials, Polymorphs, Solvates and Co-Crystals; Considerations on the Future of Crystal Engineering

    • Dario Braga, Marco Curzi, Elena Dichiarante, Stefano Luca Giaffreda, Fabrizia Grepioni, Lucia Maini et al.
    Pages 131-156

  9. Nanostructured Frameworks for Materials Applications

    • Neil R. Champness
    Pages 157-171

  10. Crystal Engineering of Multifunctional Molecular Materials

    • Eugenio Coronado, Carlos Giménez-Saiz, Carlos Martí-Gastaldo
    Pages 173-191

  11. Topological Approaches to the Structure of Crystalline and Amorphous Atom Assemblies

    • Linn W. Hobbs
    Pages 193-230

  12. Hydrogen-Bonded Crystals of Exceptional Dielectric Properties

    • Andrzej Katrusiak
    Pages 231-250

  13. Chirality In Crystals

    • Reiko Kuroda
    Pages 251-270

  14. Design, Characterization and Use of Crystalline Thin Film Architectures at the Air-Liquid Interface

    • Leslie Leiserowitz, Isabelle Weissbuch, Meir Lahav
    Pages 271-290

  15. Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Molecule-Based Magnets

    • Joel S. Miller
    Pages 291-306

  16. From Bonds to Packing: An Energy-Based Crystal Packing Analysis for Molecular Crystals Packing Analysis for Molecular Crystals

    • Juan J. Novoa*, Emiliana D'Oria
    Pages 307-332

  17. On the Calculation and Interpretation of Crystal Energy Landscapes

    • Sarah L. Price
    Pages 333-349

  18. NMR Crystallography and the Elucidation of Structure-Property Relationships in Crystalline Solids

    • Susan M. Reutzel-Edens
    Pages 351-374

  19. Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optics

    • M. Blanca Ros
    Pages 375-390

  20. Building Conducting Materials from Design to Devices

    • Concepció Rovira
    Pages 391-405
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About this book

This volume collects the lecture notes (ordered alphabetically according to the first author surname) of the talks delivered by the main speakers at the Erice 2007 International School of Crystallography, generously selected by NATO as an Advanced Study Institute (# 982582). The aim of the school was to discuss the state-of-the-art in molecular materials design, that is, the rational analysis and fabrication of crystalline solids showing a predefined structural organization of their component molecules and ions, which results in the manifestation of a specific collective property of technological interest. The School was held on June 7–17, 2007, in Erice (an old town, over 3000 years, located on the top of a Sicilian hill that oversees the sea near Trapani). The school developed following two parallel lines. First we established “where we are” in terms of modelling, design, synthesis and applications of crystalline solids with predefined properties. Second, we attempted to define current and possible futuristic lines of development in the quest for novel molecule-based materials with potential applications in magnetism, conductivity and superconductivity, non-lineal optics (NLO), drug delivery, and nanotechnology. In recent years, solid state chemistry and crystal engineering have evolved at the intersection between the top-down and bottom-up approaches towards materials design and fabrication. An ever-increasing number of scientists are learning how to control self-assembly, molecular recognition, and other fundamental processes on the way to achieving ‘tailor-made’ materials, such as crystal nucleation, crystal growth, and polymorphism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Juan J. Novoa

  • University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Dario Braga

  • Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Lia Addadi

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