Making crystals by design : methods, techniques and applications / edited by Dario Braga and Fabrizia Grepioni

Includes bibliographical references and index

1 Geometry and energetics 1.1 Supramolecular interactions : energetic considerations / Angelo Gavezzotti 1 1.2 Understanding the nature of the intermolecular interactions in molecular crystals : a theoretical perspective / Juan J. Novoa, Emiliana D'Oria, Maria A. Carvajal 25 1.3 Networks, topologies, and entanglements / Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani, Davide M. Proserpio 58 2 Design and reactivity 2.1 Prediction of reactivity in solid-state chemistry / Gerd Kaupp 87 2.2 Making crystal by reacting crystals / Fumio Toda 149 2.3 Making crystals by reactions in crystals : supramolecular approaches to crystal-to-crystal transformations within molecular co-crystals / Tomislav Friscic, Leonard R. MacGillivray 176 2.4 Making coordination frameworks / Neil R. Champness 193 2.5 Assembly of molecular solids via non-covalent interactions / Christer B. Aakeroy, Nate Schultheiss 209 3 Characterizations and applications 3.1 Diffraction studies in crystal engineering / Guillermo Minguez Espallargas, Lee Brammer 241 3.2 Solid state NMR / Roberto Gobetto 266 3.3 Crystal polymorphism : challenges at the crossroads of science and technology / Dario Braga, Joel Bernstein 293 3.4 Nanoporosity, gas storage, gas sensing / Satoshi Takamizawa 315