Noncovalent Interactions: A Useful Tool for Crystal Design
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 16217
Special Issue Editor
Interests: supramolecular chemistry; noncovalent interactions; ab initio calculations; crystal design; bond theory; molecular devices; surface chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Noncovalent interactions have attracted increasing interest in recent years due to their primary role in a great variety of chemical and biological processes. Beyond classical hydrogen bonds, many other interactions have been described to date. Dihydrogen bonding, π-hole bonds, halogen bonding, π/π stacking or cation and anion-π are just a few examples of the great effort made by chemists to understand and rationalize intermolecular associations. Computational chemistry and the access to structural databases with thousands of references have been fundamental tools for the development of the field. Moreover, the use of noncovalent interactions to design new molecules, materials and crystals is becoming more and more popular.
This Special Issue aims at directing attention to the use of noncovalent interactions as a tool in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering. Hence, you are kindly invited to submit original research papers, both experimental and theoretical, involving applications and recent advancements in the field.
Dr. Jorge Echeverría
Guest Editor
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Keywords
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supramolecular chemistry
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intermolecular interactions
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noncovalent interactions
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database analysis
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crystal engineering
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ab initio calculations
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