CrystEngCommunity
Encyclopedia
CrystEngCommunity is a virtual web community
Virtual community
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...

 for people working in the field of crystal engineering
Crystal engineering
Crystal engineering is the design and synthesis of molecular solid-state structures with desired properties, based on an understanding and exploitation of intermolecular interactions. The two main strategies currently in use for crystal engineering are based on hydrogen bonding and coordination...

. The website is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...

 (RSC).

CrystEngCommunity has links to the main international research groups working in crystal engineering; publishes occasional profiles (interviews) of crystal engineers; a conference diary that lists and links to international events in the field of crystal engineering; and a terminology wiki, CrystEngWiki, for crystal engineering.

Also on the community are links to research articles on crystal engineering including CrystEngSelects (a selection of recent articles of interest to crystal engineers from across the RSC journals Chemical Communications
Chemical Communications
Chemical Communications, known as ChemComm, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry . It contains communications of significant work from across the chemical sciences. It also includes feature articles...

, CrystEngComm
CrystEngComm
CrystEngComm is a peer-reviewed online-only scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of crystal engineering including properties, polymorphism, target materials and crystalline nanomaterials. CrystEngComm is published biweekly by the Royal Society of...

, Dalton Transactions
Dalton Transactions
Dalton Transactions is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of the chemistry of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic compounds. It is published weekly by the Royal Society of Chemistry...

, Journal of Materials Chemistry
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Journal of Materials Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on the applications, properties and synthesis of exciting new materials...

, New Journal of Chemistry
New Journal of Chemistry
New Journal of Chemistry is a peer reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles from across the chemical sciences. NJC is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry and is owned by CNRS. It was previously called Nouveau Journal de Chimie.The editors of...

and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original primary research and review articles. It is published every two weeks by the Royal Society of Chemistry . Like all RSC journals, OBC is widely recognised for its overall quality and its speed of publication...

); links to special CrystEngComm Discussion conference special issues; and links to past crystal engineering articles from the RSC Journals Archive.

Other useful links include downloadable wallpapers for PC desktops, book reviews and a compilation of useful weblinks for crystal engineers

The community has a particularly close association with the RSC’s crystal engineering journal, CrystEngComm.

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