Co-crystals

Preparation, Characterization and Applications

Edited by Christer B Aakeröy, Abhijeet S Sinha

Publication date:

13 July 2018

Length of book:

342 pages

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9781788012874

Multi-component crystalline systems or co-crystals have received tremendous attention from academia and industry alike in the past decade. Applications of co-crystals are varied and are likely to positively impact a wide range of industries dealing with molecular solids. Co-crystallization has been used to improve the properties and performance of materials from pharmaceuticals to energetic materials, as well as for separation of compounds.

This book combines co-crystal applications of commercial and practical interest from diverse fields in to a single volume. It also examines effective structural design of co-crystals, and provides insights into practical synthesis and characterization techniques. Providing a useful resource for postgraduate students new to applied co-crystal research and crystal engineering, it will also be of interest to established researchers in academia or industry.

Co-crystals: Introduction and Scope; The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Co-crystals; Design and Structural Chemistry of Halogen-bonded Co-crystals; Mechanochemistry in Co-crystal Synthesis; Pharmaceutical Co-crystals—Molecular Design and Process Development; Co-crystallization of Energetic Materials; Paramagnetic Organic Co-crystals of Neutral or Ionic Radicals; Hydrogen-bonded Semiconductor Co-crystals; Co-crystallization as a Versatile Tool in Separations Technology

I would say that one would be able to access information—and again I say, in a fast moving field—from this book far easier than using a panoply of computer aided information gathering methods. In this respect, this particular volume is a success and I congratulate the editors and the authors.