Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials

Front Matter....Pages i-x
On the Concept of a Single Crystal in Biomineralization....Pages 1-22
Introduction to Packing Patterns and Packing Energetics of Crystalline Self-Assembled Structures....Pages 23-42
Molecule-Based Magnets....Pages 43-53
Structure Determination by Neutron and Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering....Pages 55-78
Theory of Intermolecular Interactions....Pages 79-88
Hydrogen-Bond Assisted Assembly of Organic and Organic-Inorganic Solids....Pages 89-106
Secondary Bonding as a Potential Design Tool for Crystal Engineering....Pages 107-127
Molecular Packing in Liquids, Solutions, and Crystals: Acetic Acid as a Test Case....Pages 129-142
Crystal Design....Pages 143-161
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Crystalline Inclusion Compounds....Pages 163-179
An Approach to the Crystal Engineering of Coordination Networks....Pages 181-208
How to Look at Bonds in Extended Solids....Pages 209-228
Diversity and Certainty — Database Research in Crystal Engineering....Pages 229-241
The Development and Application of Knowledge-Based Approaches to Molecular Design....Pages 243-260
Organic Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics....Pages 261-278
Toward Crystal Design in Organic Conductors and Superconductors....Pages 279-294
Theoretical Prediction of Crystal Structures of Rigid Organic Molecules....Pages 295-310
Rational Design of Polar Solids....Pages 311-330
Energy Minimization as a Tool for Crystal Structure Determination of Industrial Pigments....Pages 331-348
The Prediction and Production of Polarity in Crystalline Supramolecular Materials....Pages 349-368
Molecular Magnetic Clusters: a Bridge Between Molecules and Classical Magnets....Pages 369-388
Modelling Hydrogen-Bonded Structures at Thermodynamical Transformations....Pages 389-406
Discrete and Infinite Host Frameworks Based Upon Resorcin[4]Arenes by Design....Pages 407-419
Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials....Pages 421-441
Nmr and Crystallinity of Nanostructured Materials....Pages 443-458
Molecular-Ionic Halogenoantimonates and Bismuthates - a Rich Family of Crystals Showing Attractive Properties....Pages 459-468
Thermochromism of Organic Crystals. A Crystallographic Study on N-Salicylideneanilines.....Pages 469-479
Crystal Engineering: Functionality and Aesthetics....Pages 481-500