In this volume, contributions covering the theoretical and practical aspects of multicomponent crystals provide a timely and contemporary overview of the state-of-the art of this vital aspect of crystal engineering/materials science. With a solid foundation in fundamentals, multi-component crystals can be formed, for example, to enhance pharmaceutical properties of drugs, for the specific control of optical responses to external stimuli and to assemble molecules to allow chemical reactions that are generally intractable following conventional methods.

Contents

Pharmaceutical co-crystals: crystal engineering and applications

Pharmaceutical multi-component crystals: improving the efficacy of anti-tuberculous agents

Qualitative and quantitative crystal engineering of multi-functional co-crystals

Control of photochromism in N-salicylideneaniline by crystal engineering

Quinoline derivatives for multi-component crystals: principles and applications

N-oxides in multi-component crystals and in bottom-up synthesis and applications

Multi-component crystals and non-ambient conditions

Co-crystals for solid-state reactivity and thermal expansion

Solution co-crystallisation and its applications

The salt-co-crystal continuum in halogen-bonded systems

Large horizontal displacements of benzene-benzene stacking interactions in co-crystals

Simultaneous halogen and hydrogen bonding to carbonyl and thiocarbonyl functionality

Crystal chemistry of the isomeric N,N’-bis(pyridin-n-ylmethyl)-ethanediamides, n = 2, 3 or 4

Solute・solvent interactions mediated by main group element (lone-pair)・・・π(aryl) interactions