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Chair: Pierangelo Metrangolo
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Scope
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.
Chair
Pierangelo Metrangolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Associate editors
Susan Bourne, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Christian Doonan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Kwangyeol Lee, Korea University, Korea
C. Malla Reddy, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
Dongfeng Xue, Multiscale Crystal Materials Research Center, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China
Editorial board members
Elena Boldyreva, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Aurora Cruz-Cabeza, University of Manchester, UK
Susan Reutzel-Edens, The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK
Omar K Farha, Northwestern University, USA
Tong-Bu Lu, Tianjin University of Technology, China
Christer Aakeroy, Kansas State University, USA
Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore
Alessia Bacchi, University of Palma, Italy
Rahul Banerjee, IISER Kolkata, India
Leonard Barbour, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Andrew Bond, University of Cambridge, UK
Paola Ceroni, University of Bologna, Italy
Deepak Chopra, IISER Bhopal, India
Jack Clegg, University of Queensland, Australia
Simon Coles, University of Southampton, UK
Richard Cooper, University of Oxford, UK
Franziska Emmerling, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin, Germany
Paolo Falcaro, TU Graz, Austria
Sylvie Ferlay, Institut Le Bel, France
Georg Garnweitner, TU Braunschweig, Germany
David Harding, Walailak University, Thailand
Chris Hawes, University of Keele, UK
Delia Haynes, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Kristin Hutchins, Texas Tech University, USA
Christoph Janiak, University of Dusseldorf, Germany
Franca Jones, Curtin University, Australia
Bart Kahr, New York University, USA
Andrzej Katrusiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Niveen Khashab, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Jing Li, Rutgers University, USA
Chiara Maccato, Padova University, Italy
Leonard MacGillivray, University of Iowa, USA
Yuji Matsumoto, Tohoku University, Japan
Sharmarke Mohamed, Khalifa University, UAE
Anja-Verena Mudring, Aarhus University, Denmark
Parthapratim Munshi, Shiv Nadar University, India
Ashwini Nangia, University of Hyderabad, India
Lars Öhrström, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Simon Parsons, University of Edinburgh, UK
Concepcio Rovira, Institute Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona, Spain
Calvin Sun, University of Minnesota, USA
Wei-Yin Sun, Nanjing University, China
Jennifer Swift, Georgetown University, USA
Edward R T Tiekink, Sunway University, Malaysia
Ali Trabolsi, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
Hongjie Zhang, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
Andrew Shore, Editor, ORCID 0000-0002-4144-7197
Mike Andrews, Deputy Editor, ORCID 0000-0003-3762-8523
Samantha Apps, Development Editor
Michelle Canning, Development Editor
Jason Woolford, Editorial Production Manager
Debora Giovanelli, Publishing Editor
Helen Lunn, Publishing Editor
Samuel Oldknow, Publishing Editor
Kate Tustain, Publishing Editor
Daphne Houston, Editorial Assistant
Huw Hedges, Publishing Assistant
Jeanne Andres, Publisher
Journal specific guidelines
The journal's editorial policy is that the use of the words 'novel', 'new' and 'unprecedented' in article titles should not, in general, be used, unless the work described in the article is of significant impact.
In addition, for articles which describe the synthesis or applications of crystals on the nano- or micro-scale, authors should only use descriptive terms that are widely accepted in the literature (eg nanocrystal, nanostructure, nanoparticle, nanowire, nanotube, nanosphere, nanorod), to aid article discoverability via, for example, online searches. In addition, morphology descriptors such as 'flower-like' and other similar terms should not be included in the article title.
The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.
Readership information
Researchers in industry and academia working in the following fields.
- Solid-state inorganic and organic chemistry
- Materials chemistry
- Crystallography
- Crystal growth
- Crystal engineering
Subscription information
CrystEngComm is part of RSC Gold and Materials Science subscription packages
Online only 2022: ISSN 1466-8033 £1,268 / $1,883
*2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2021)
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