CrystEngComm is the forum for the design and understanding of crystalline materials. We welcome studies on the investigation of molecular behaviour within crystals, control of nucleation and crystal growth, engineering of crystal structures, and construction of crystalline materials with tuneable properties and functions.

We publish hypothesis-driven research into…

how crystal design affects thermodynamics, phase transitional behaviours, polymorphism, morphology control, solid state reactivity (crystal-crystal solution-crystal, and gas-crystal reactions), optoelectronics, ferroelectric materials, non-linear optics, molecular and bulk magnetism, conductivity and quantum computing, catalysis, absorption and desorption, and mechanical properties.

Using Techniques and methods including…

Single crystal and powder X-ray, electron, and neutron diffraction, solid-state spectroscopy, spectrometry, and microscopy, modelling and data mining, and empirical, semi-empirical and ab-initio theoretical evaluations.

On crystalline and solid-state materials.

We particularly welcome work on MOFs, coordination polymers, nanocrystals, host-guest and multi-component molecular materials. We also accept work on peptides and liquid crystals.

All papers should involve the use or development of a design or optimisation strategy. Routine structural reports or crystal morphology descriptions, even when combined with an analysis of properties or potential applications, are generally considered to be outside the scope of the journal and are unlikely to be accepted.

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Chair
Pierangelo Metrangolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Associate editors
Susan Bourne, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Georg Garnweitner, TU Braunschweig, Germany
C. Malla Reddy, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
Dongfeng Xue, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
Editorial board members
Elena Boldyreva, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Aurora Cruz-Cabeza, University of Manchester, UK
Omar K Farha, Northwestern University, USA
Tong-Bu Lu, Tianjin University of Technology, China
Susan Reutzel-Edens, Eli Lilly and Company, USA