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Developments in inorganic crystal engineering.

Lee Brammer1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, UK. lee.brammer@sheffield.ac.uk

Chemical Society Reviews
|October 14, 2004
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Crystal Engineering designs crystalline materials using self-assembling molecular building blocks. This review focuses on inorganic materials, including networks formed by noncovalent interactions and coordination polymers.

Area of Science:

  • Crystal Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Background:

  • Crystal Engineering utilizes self-assembly of molecular building blocks for crystalline material design.
  • The field is interdisciplinary, integrating synthetic, materials, structural, and theoretical chemistry.
  • Modern crystallography provides essential tools for structure determination and geometric analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the development and current state of Crystal Engineering.
  • To emphasize inorganic crystalline materials synthesized via self-assembly.
  • To discuss two main classes: networks from noncovalent interactions and coordination polymers.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature and case studies in Crystal Engineering.

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  • Focus on inorganic compounds and their structural characterization.
  • Analysis of molecular and intermolecular geometries using crystallographic data.

    • Main Results:

    • Illustrative examples demonstrate the progress and applications of Crystal Engineering.
    • Two primary classes of inorganic crystalline materials are discussed: noncovalently linked networks and coordination polymers.
    • Insights into structure-property relationships in self-assembled materials are provided.

    Conclusions:

    • Crystal Engineering is a vital field for designing functional crystalline materials.
    • Inorganic coordination polymers and noncovalently linked networks represent key areas of development.
    • The synergy between synthesis, crystallography, and theoretical chemistry drives innovation in materials design.