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Chapter 7
Molecular Self-Assemblies in Co-
Crystals: Engineering Chemical
Tomislav Friščić, Dushyant B. Varshney, Elizabeth Elacqua, Joseph C.
Sumrak, Anatoliy N. Sokolov, and Leonard R. MacGillivray
*
Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52245-1294, USA
*len-macgillivray@uiowa.edu
7.1
Introduction
Crystal engineering involves the understanding of intermolecular
interactions in the context of crystal packing and the utilization of such
understanding to design solids with desired physical and chemical
properties [1]. A major aim of crystal engineering is to establish
reliable
connections
between
molecular
and
supramolecular
structures on the basis of intermolecular forces [2].
Inthiscontext,althoughinfinite,orextended,networkshavebeen
a major focus of crystal engineering [2], the design and construction
of solids based on finite aggregates of molecules, or discrete
molecular assemblies, has received less attention. In contrast to
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