Dario Braga & Fabrizia Grepioni 
Making Crystals by Design 
Methods, Techniques and Applications

An excellent overview of the manifold aspects of modern crystal engineering. From design and preparation to spectroscopy and applications, this handbook both covers and evaluates all aspects of crystal engineering. Clearly structured, it provides an overview of the current status as seen from its various angles as well as a comparison of different techniques and applications.
An essential source of high quality information for everyone working in this booming and interdisciplinary field: spectroscopists, physical and inorganic chemists as well as materials scientists working in nanotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry.

Table of Content

GEOMETRY AND ENERGETICS
Supramolecular Interactions – Energetic Considerations
Understanding the Nature of Intermolecular Interactions in Molecular Crystals. A Theoretical Perspective
Networks, Topologies and Entanglements
DESIGN AND REACTIVITY
Prediction of Reactivity in Solid-state Chemistry
Making Crystals by Reacting Crystals
Making Crystals by Reactions in Crystals. Supramolecular Approaches to Crystal-to-crystal Transformations within Molecular Co-crystals
Making Coordination Frameworks
Assembly of Molecular Solids via Non-covalent Interactions
CHARACTERIZATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Diffraction Studies in Crystal Engineering
Solid State NMR
Crystal Polymorphism: Challenges at the Crossroads of Science and Technology
Nanoporosity, Gas Storage, Gas Sensing

About the author

Dario Braga is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna. He has published more than 300 papers in international journals and is the scientific editor of the RSC journal Cryst Eng Comm. He has been awarded the Nasini Prize from the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Society of Chemistry and the FEDERCHIMICA prize from the Italian chemical industry. He is the current Director of the Collegio Superiore of the university of Bologna.

Fabrizia Grepioni held an associate professorship position at the University of Sassari from 1998 to 2004, and is now Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna. She has published more than 200 papers in international journals and has won the Nasini Prize from the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Society of Chemistry.