Crystal structure prediction methods for organic molecules: State of the art

DH Bowskill, IJ Sugden… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The prediction of the crystal structures that a given organic molecule is likely to form is an
important theoretical problem of significant interest for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical …

From concept to crystals via prediction: Multi‐component organic cage pots by social self‐sorting

RL Greenaway, V Santolini, A Pulido… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the a priori computational prediction and realization of multi‐component cage
pots, starting with molecular predictions based on candidate precursors through to crystal …

Functional materials discovery using energy–structure–function maps

A Pulido, L Chen, T Kaczorowski, D Holden, MA Little… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular crystals cannot be designed in the same manner as macroscopic objects,
because they do not assemble according to simple, intuitive rules. Their structures result …

Large-scale computational screening of molecular organic semiconductors using crystal structure prediction

J Yang, S De, JE Campbell, S Li, M Ceriotti… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Predictive computational methods have the potential to significantly accelerate the discovery
of new materials with targeted properties by guiding the choice of candidate materials for …

Digital navigation of energy–structure–function maps for hydrogen-bonded porous molecular crystals

C Zhao, L Chen, Y Che, Z Pang, X Wu, Y Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Energy–structure–function (ESF) maps can aid the targeted discovery of porous
molecular crystals by predicting the stable crystalline arrangements along with their …

Polymorphism of energetic materials: a comprehensive study of molecular conformers, crystal packing, and the dominance of their energetics in governing the most …

G Liu, R Gou, H Li, C Zhang - Crystal Growth & Design, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymorphism is universal in energetic crystals and brings much complexity in revealing the
underlying mechanism for energetic materials against external stimuli. This work …

Crystal structure prediction is changing from basic science to applied technology

J Nyman, SM Reutzel-Edens - Faraday Discussions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past three decades, the development of methods for Crystal Structure Prediction
(CSP) has primarily been curiosity-driven. Because of the obvious potential for economic …

Modelling temperature-dependent properties of polymorphic organic molecular crystals

J Nyman, GM Day - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a large-scale study of the temperature-dependence of structures, free energy
differences and properties of polymorphic molecular organic crystals. Lattice-vibrational …

Accelerating computational discovery of porous solids through improved navigation of energy-structure-function maps

EO Pyzer-Knapp, L Chen, GM Day, AI Cooper - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
While energy-structure-function (ESF) maps are a powerful new tool for in silico materials
design, the cost of acquiring an ESF map for many properties is too high for routine …

[HTML][HTML] The seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction: structure ranking methods

LM Hunnisett, N Francia, J Nyman, NS Abraham… - Structural …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
A seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction has been organized by the Cambridge
Crystallographic Data Centre. The results are presented in two parts, with this second part …