CrystEngCommunity
A virtual web community for crystal engineers, providing links to international research groups, conferences and events, and highlighting the latest research in the field.
Useful Weblinks for Crystal Engineers
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Databases
Cambridge Structural Database
Cambridge Structural Database
CSDSymmetry
The most complete collation of observed molecular and crystallographic symmetry properties to date
Known Examples of Interpenetration
maintained by Stuart Batten
The CH/pi Interaction
maintained by Motohiro Nishio
CRYSTMET
Structure and Powder Database for Metals and Intermetallic Compounds
ICSD on the Web
ICSD on the Web
Protein Data Bank (PDB)
Protein Data Bank (PDB)
CCP14
links to crystallographic software etc.
Z'>4 database
Z'>4 database maintained by Jon Steed
6 Connected 3D-nets
6 Connected 3D-nets
Molecular Art Gallery
maintained by Stuart Batten
Software
enCIFer
CIF checking, editing and visualisation software from the CCDC
Mercury
Crystal Structure Visualisation and Exploration Made Easy, from CCDC
Software for Chemical Crystallography
maintained by Louis Farrugia
POV-ray
free graphics software
Rasmol
software for viewing 3D pictures of molecules
Molecular Visualisation Resources
Molecular Visualisation Resources
X-Seed
Crystallographic Software (note - requires SHELX)
Crystals
Crystallographic Software maintained by Oxford University
CrystalMaker
Visualisation software for Mac
Tutorial
The atomic structure of materials
The atomic structure of materials
Close Packed Structures
Close Packed Structures
Crystal Growing for Students
Crystal Growing for Students
Societies
The European Crystallographic Association
The website of the ECA
International Union of Crystallography
The website for the IUCr
British Crystallographic Association
The website of the BCA
The American Crystallographic Association
The website of the ACA
