Potential and challenges of engineering mechanically flexible molecular crystals
This highlight gives an overview of recent advances in mechanically flexible molecular crystals, with qualitative and quantitative studies performed on different molecular systems. The diverse methods for the tuning of mechanical properties via crystal engineering have gained immense attention in th...
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| Published in | CrystEngComm Vol. 23; no. 34; pp. 5711 - 573 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry
01.09.2021
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| Summary: | This highlight gives an overview of recent advances in mechanically flexible molecular crystals, with qualitative and quantitative studies performed on different molecular systems. The diverse methods for the tuning of mechanical properties
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crystal engineering have gained immense attention in the field of materials science. Such studies render support in establishing the structure to properties to function parallels. The understanding of intermolecular interactions helps in a systematic placement of different molecular crystals in the elastic-plastic spectrum. This overview helps in emphasizing the potential as well as challenges faced in predicting/designing mechanically compliant crystalline compounds.
Crystal adaptronics has undergone tremendous developments that have been utilized to rationalize dynamics in crystals. This highlight discusses about the role of intermolecular interactions in rationalizing mechanical responses in crystals. |
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| Bibliography: | Avantika Hasija received her MSc from Panjab University in 2015. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Deepak Chopra in the field of crystal engineering at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India. Her current research interests include understanding the micro and macroscopic behavior of mechanically responsive molecular crystals and bonding in crystalline materials assembled cocrystallization. crystallization, experimental and theoretical electron density analysis, and structure-property correlation in molecular crystals. He has edited a complete monograph entitled "Understanding Intermolecular Interactions in the Solid State: Approaches and Techniques", published by RSC in 2018. He is currently on the Editorial Board of Acta Crystallographica E Dr. Deepak Chopra is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh since March 2009. His active research interests include the investigation of polymorphism in drugs and pharmaceuticals, computational analysis of non-covalent interactions Journal of Molecular Structure in situ via Elsevier, a Co-Editor of the journal a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS). ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 1466-8033 1466-8033 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d1ce00173f |