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Making crystals with a purpose; a journey in crystal engineering at the University of Bologna
Dario Braga1, Fabrizia Grepioni1, Lucia Maini1
1Dipartimento di Chimica 'G. Ciamician', Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy.
Abstract:
The conceptual relationship between crystal reactivity, stability and meta-stability, solubility and morphology on the one hand and shape, charge distribution, chirality and distribution of functional groups over the molecular surfaces on the other hand is discussed, via a number of examples coming from three decades of research in the field of crystal engineering at the University of Bologna. The bottom-up preparation of mixed crystals, co-crystals and photoreactive materials starting from molecular building blocks across the borders of organic, organometallic and metalorganic chemistry is recounted.
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