Crystallography
The latest chemistry news and research on crystallography, including x-ray and neutron diffraction, single crystal and powder diffraction and protein crystallography, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Feature
Marvellous mixtures of metals
High entropy alloys, with anywhere from five or more different metals, have unusual properties and could find use in a variety of high-tech applications. Clare Sansom reports
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Research
Unusual bridging fluorine discovered in one-of-a-kind interhalogen ion
Similarity to MgAgAs crystal structure takes researchers by surprise
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Opinion
Crystal prophecies
There’s no guarantee that making a thermodynamically feasible structure will be easy, or even possible
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Research
Molecular movie captures DNA repair from start to finish
Study spans pico- to microsecond timescales to uncover enzymatic process
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Research
New insights into polyamorphism could influence how drugs are formulated
Findings suggest dihedral angle distribution might explain why polyamorphs have different physical properties
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Feature
Reaching into the non-covalent toolbox
Alongside supramolecular stalwarts, budding bonding forms are vying to be valuable, finds Andy Extance
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Research
Crystal structure predictions get real with accurate calculations that will aid pharma
Characterisation engine could help drug companies avoid costly mistakes like those that hit Aids drug ritonavir
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Research
Elusive crystals provide structural evidence of global aromaticity in a macrocyclic hydrocarbon
Reduced forms of [24]paracyclophanetetraene provide fresh understanding of redox-based aromaticity switching
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Webinar
CO₂ storage, magic doors and machine learning
Join us on 22 November to learn how machine learning based simulations with Matlantis help rationalise long-time CO₂ storage experimental results
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Feature
Fifty years since the ferrocene furore
Only two of the discoverers of the sandwich compounds that revolutionised organometallic chemistry received the Nobel prize, leaving one very big name feeling left out. Mike Sutton traces the controversy
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Research
First x-ray structure of radium compound gives glimpse of element’s coordination chemistry
Oak Ridge National Laboratory team determines the single crystal structure of a radium complex
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Webinar
Using crystallographic structures & data-driven solutions to advance drug design
Learn how structural data can be used to empower molecular discovery at each stage of the drug design pipeline
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Research
Crystal structure prediction tool a ‘significant and thought-provoking advance’
Algorithm needs just the chemical formula to find the ground state of a crystalline compound
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Research
Extraordinary crystal structure displays abiotic foldamer with unprecedented complexity
Four aromatic oligoamide helix-turn-helix units assemble in organic solvent into an abiotic architecture with quaternary-like structure
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Research
Elusive pyridine-based chloronium structures revealed
Researchers complete set of halonium ions by isolating a reactive chloronium structure
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News
UK national facility poised to expand use of state-of-the-art electron diffraction
Greater access to ED will allow characterisation of tiny crystals, deepening our understanding of everything from batteries and drugs to catalysts
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Research
Crystal structure determination for sub-milligram sample sizes
Growing large enough single crystals becomes less of an issue thanks to a method that combines standard instruments and standard software
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Webinar
Empower your drug design & synthesis with vibrational circular dichroism (VCD)
Discover the advantage and benefits of VCD compared to other analytical techniques and learn how to develop a more efficient workflow
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Opinion
Sheldrick’s SHELX
From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination