Making Crystals by Design – Methods, Techniques and Applications

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 CrystEngComm. 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.

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