Engineering Of Crystalline Materials Properties: State Of The Art In Modeling, Design And Applications (nato Science For Peace And Security Series B: Physics And Biophysics)

This volume collects the lecture notes (ordered alphabetically according to the first author surname) of the talks delivered by the main speakers at the Erice 2007 International School of Crystallography, generously selected by NATO as an Advanced Study Institute (# 982582). The aim of the school was to discuss the state-of-the-art in molecular materials design, that is, the rational analysis and fabrication of crystalline solids showing a predefined structural organization of their component molecules and ions, which results in the manifestation of a specific collective property of technological interest. The School was held on June 7–17, 2007, in Erice (an old town, over 3000 years, located on the top of a Sicilian hill that oversees the sea near Trapani). The school developed following two parallel lines. First we established “where we are” in terms of modelling, design, synthesis and applications of crystalline solids with predefined properties. Second, we attempted to define current and possible futuristic lines of development in the quest for novel molecule-based materials with potential applications in magnetism, conductivity and superconductivity, non-lineal optics (NLO), drug delivery, and nanotechnology. In recent years, solid state chemistry and crystal engineering have evolved at the intersection between the top-down and bottom-up approaches towards materials design and fabrication. An ever-increasing number of scientists are learning how to control self-assembly, molecular recognition, and other fundamental processes on the way to achieving ‘tailor-made’ materials, such as crystal nucleation, crystal growth, and polymorphism. Biomineralization Design Strategies And Mechanisms Of Mineral Formation: Operating At The Edge Of Instability / Lia Addadi, Yael Politi, Fabio Nudelman And Steve Weiner -- Self-assembled Monolayers As Templates For Inorganic Crystallization : A Bio-inspired Approach / Joanna Aizenberg -- Databases In Crystal Engineering / Alessia Bacchi -- Case Studies On Intermolecular Interactions In Crystalline Metals / Patrick Batail -- Crystal Polymorphism / Joel Bernstein -- Complementarity : Correlating Structural Features With Physical Properties In Supramolecular Systems / Susan A. Bourne -- Making Crystals From Crystals : A Solid-state Route To The Engineering Of Crystalline Materials, Polymorphs, Solvates And Co-crystals : Considerations On The Future Of Crystal Engineering / Dario Braga, Marco Curzi, Elena Dichiarante, Stefano Luca Giaffreda, Fabrizia Grepioni, Lucia Maini, Giuseppe Palladino, Anna Pettersen And Marco Polito --^ Nanostructured Frameworks For Materials Applications / Neil R. Champness -- Crystal Engineering Of Multifunctional Molecular Materials / Eugenio Coronado, Carlos Giménez-saiz And Carlos Martí-gastaldo -- Topological Approaches To The Structure Of Crystalline And Amorphous Atom Assemblies / Linn W. Hobbs -- Hydrogen-bonded Crystals Of Exceptional Dielectric Properties / Andrzej Katrusiak -- Chirality In Crystals / Reiko Kuroda -- Design, Characterization And Use Of Crystalline Thin Film Architectures At The Air-liquid Interface / Leslie Leiserowitz, Isabelle Weissbuch And Meir Lahav -- Design, Synthesis, And Characterization Of Molecule-based Magnets / Joel S. Miller -- From Bonds To Packing : An Energy-based Crystal Packing Analysis For Molecular Crystals Packing Analysis For Molecular Crystals / Juan J. Novoa And Emiliana D'oria -- On The Calculation And Interpretation Of Crystal Energy Landscapes / Sarah L. Price --^ Nmr Crystallography And The Elucidation Of Structure-property Relationships In Crystalline Solids / Susan M. Reutzel-edens -- Organic Materials For Nonlinear Optics / M. Blanca Ros -- Building Conducting Materials From Design To Devices / Concepció Rovira -- Hydrogen Bonding And Concurrent Interactions / Urszula Rychlewska -- Signalling By Modulation Of Intermolecular Interactions / Janet L. Scott And Koichi Tanaka -- Biomineralization Of Organic Phases Associated With Human Diseases / Jennifer A. Swift -- Crystal Structure Determination From X-ray Powder Diffraction Data / Maryjane Tremayne -- Surface Properties Of The Binary Alloy Thin Films / Ilona Zasada. Edited By Juan J. Novoa, Dario Braga And Lia Addadi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Biomineralization Design Strategies and Mechanisms of Mineral Formation: Operating at the Edge of Instability....Pages 1-15 Self-Assembled Monolayers as Templates for Inorganic Crystallization: a Bio-Inspired Approach....Pages 17-32 Databases in Crystal Engineering....Pages 33-58 Case Studies on Intermolecular Interactions in Crystalline Metals....Pages 59-86 Crystal Polymorphism....Pages 87-109 Complementarity: Correlating Structural Features with Physical Properties in Supramolecular Systems....Pages 111-129 Making Crystals from Crystals: A Solid-State Route to the Engineering of Crystalline Materials, Polymorphs, Solvates and Co-Crystals; Considerations on the Future of Crystal Engineering....Pages 131-156 Nanostructured Frameworks for Materials Applications....Pages 157-171 Crystal Engineering of Multifunctional Molecular Materials....Pages 173-191 Topological Approaches to the Structure of Crystalline and Amorphous Atom Assemblies....Pages 193-230 Hydrogen-Bonded Crystals of Exceptional Dielectric Properties....Pages 231-250 Chirality In Crystals....Pages 251-270 Design, Characterization and Use of Crystalline Thin Film Architectures at the Air-Liquid Interface....Pages 271-290 Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Molecule-Based Magnets....Pages 291-306 From Bonds to Packing: An Energy-Based Crystal Packing Analysis for Molecular Crystals Packing Analysis for Molecular Crystals....Pages 307-332 On the Calculation and Interpretation of Crystal Energy Landscapes....Pages 333-349 NMR Crystallography and the Elucidation of Structure-Property Relationships in Crystalline Solids....Pages 351-374 Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optics....Pages 375-390 Building Conducting Materials from Design to Devices....Pages 391-405 Hydrogen Bonding and Concurrent Interactions....Pages 407-427 Signalling By Modulation of Intermolecular Interactions....Pages 429-447 Biomineralization of Organic Phases Associated With Human Diseases....Pages 449-475 Crystal Structure Determination from X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data....Pages 477-493 Surface Properties of the Binary Alloy Thin Films....Pages 495-513 Back Matter....Pages 515-518 This volume collects the state of the art in molecular materials. It collects the lecture notes of a series of lectures given by some of the best specialists in the field at the 2007 Erice International School of Crystallography, and also a NATO-ASI course. The school first established "where we are" in terms of modeling, design, synthesis and applications of crystalline solids with predefined properties and then defined current and possible futuristic lines of development.