CrystEngComm
Design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials.
Editor-in-Chief: Christian Doonan and C Malla Reddy
Publishing model: Hybrid
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.
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…
- 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
- mechanical properties
Guidance on materials and techniques of interest is given below:
- crystalline organic and inorganic compounds
- MOFs and coordination polymers
- covalent organic frameworks
- nanocrystals
- host-guest systems
- multi-component molecular materials
- peptides and biomacromolecules
- liquid crystals
- single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction
- electron diffraction crystallography
- neutron diffraction crystallography
- solid-state spectroscopy, spectrometry, and microscopy
- modelling and data mining
- empirical, semi-empirical and ab-initio theoretical evaluations
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.
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
Journal Impact Factor
2.4 (2025)
First decision time (all)
22 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
27 days
Indexing
eISSN: 1466-8033
Indexed in: Scopus, Web of Science
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