Reviews of Chemical Crystallography
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1877
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inorganic chemistry; coordination chemistry; Schiff base; crystallography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the field of chemistry, clarifying the 3D structure of compounds is as important as promoting science that utilizes this information, for example, proving that a compound has been synthesized correctly; determining the stereochemistry and isomers of a compound beyond the composition and atomic bonds obtained in identification analysis; elucidating the possibility of intermolecular interactions and supramolecular formation; and combining three-dimensional structures, such as docking with complex functional materials (porous materials and guest molecules) and nucleic acids and proteins (biomolecules and pharmaceuticals, etc.). This Special Issue covers all chemical fields (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, solid-state chemistry, complex chemistry, biochemistry, etc.) related to the “use of crystallography in chemistry” based on crystal analysis, which is still the main method for determining three-dimensional structures.
We welcome papers and reviews on the following topics: the principles of and equipment used for crystal structure analysis (devices, quantum beams, crystallization and sample preparation), analysis programs, mathematical algorithms, compound structure reports, computational chemistry, data derived from crystal databases, etc.
Prof. Dr. Takashiro Akitsu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- crystal chemistry
- structural chemistry
- solid-state chemistry
- crystal structure analysis
- crystal structure database
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