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Author NATO Advanced Study Institute on Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties: State of the Art in Modeling, Design and Applications. New Materials for better Defence and Security (2007 : Erice, Italy)

Title Engineering of crystalline materials properties : state of the art in modeling, design and applications / edited by Juan J. Novoa, Dario Braga and Lia Addadi
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 518 pages) : illustrations
Series NATO science for peace and security series. Series B : Physics and biophysics
NATO Science for Peace and Security series. B, Physics and biophysics.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Crystals -- Congresses
Crystallography -- Congresses
Crystallography.
Magnetism.
Crystallography
crystallography
magnetism.
medicines (material)
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Crystallography.
Chimie.
Science des matériaux.
Crystallography
Crystals
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Novoa, Juan J
Braga, Dario
Addadi, Lia
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