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Chemistry for Everyone
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Designing Advanced Materials As Simple As Assembling Lego® Blocks!
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C. V. Krishnamohan Sharma
Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories, Mail Box 02002, 1669 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14650
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May 2001
Vol. 78 No. 5
p. 617
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Crystal engineering is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. As the name implies, it is primarily concerned with the systematic study of crystalline architectures and thereby controlling functional properties of solids. Recent conceptual advances have simplified the complex problem of crystal structure prediction into a mere topological organization of molecular building blocks. Accordingly, crystal structures can be viewed as networks where molecules, metals, ions, etc. are considered as nodes and intermolecular interactions/coordination bonds between the molecules as node connections. In this context, attempts have been made to highlight the striking parallels between current strategies for materials design and the construction of architectures using Lego building blocks, for an understanding of the principles and problems associated with predicting crystal structure. How the rational designing strategies can be effectively applied for the design of a variety of advanced materials such as porous solids, ion exchange materials, molecular metals, conductors, and optical materials is also discussed.
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Sharma, C. V. Krishnamohan. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 617.
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Coordination Chemistry; Crystallography / Crystal Growth; Intermolecular Forces; Materials Science; Molecular Recognition; Solid-State Chemistry
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August 31, 2005
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