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  • Computational Chemistry
  • Crystallography

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  • Modeling molecular crystals presents challenges in maintaining molecular integrity and handling experimental data imperfections like disorder and missing atoms.
  • Current atom-centric toolkits are limited for molecular crystals, requiring treatment of bonded entities as rigid units within a lattice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop MolCrysKit, a Python toolkit for automated, topology-aware conversion of crystallographic information files (CIFs) into simulation-ready molecular crystal models.
  • To enable reliable construction of chemically consistent simulation systems from ambiguous or incomplete experimental crystal structures, particularly for AI-driven workflows.

Main Methods:

  • A graph-theoretic approach is used for resolving crystallographic disorder.
  • A topology-preserving algorithm facilitates surface slab generation.
  • A chemical-environment-aware scheme reconstructs missing hydrogen atoms.

Main Results:

  • MolCrysKit automates the transformation of experimental crystallographic data into computationally viable molecular crystal models.
  • The toolkit integrates strategies for disorder resolution, surface generation, and hydrogen atom reconstruction.
  • It provides an interface for reproducible transformations and supports AI-driven pipelines.

Conclusions:

  • MolCrysKit offers a robust solution for generating simulation-ready molecular crystal models from experimental data.
  • The toolkit enhances the reliability of computational modeling for molecular crystals, especially when dealing with data ambiguities.
  • Its design facilitates the integration with advanced automated workflows and AI agents for materials discovery.