In the last century, molecular crystals functioned predominantly as a means for determining
the molecular structures via X-ray diffraction, albeit as the century came to a close the …

Transformation of energy into motion (work) is one of the basic processes of energy
conversion in nature. The processes of actuation underlying the transduction of light …

Chirality is a common phenomenon in nature and plays an important role in the properties of
matter. The rational synthesis of chiral compounds and exploration of their applications in …

Many molecular crystals (approximately one third) grow as twisted, helicoidal ribbons from
the melt, and this preponderance is even higher in restricted classes of materials, for …

Trimorphic paracetamol, one of the most commonly used analgesic and antipyretic drugs,
has been a model system for studying transformations among phases of molecular …

Optoelectronic properties of anisotropic crystals vary with direction requiring that the
orientation of molecular organic semiconductor crystals is controlled in optoelectronic device …

Many crystals grow as banded spherulites from the melt with an optical rhythm indicative of
helicoidal twisting. In this work, 23 of 41 charge transfer complexes (CTCs) are grown with …

Two books that describe the forms of thin films of many molecular crystals grown from the
melt in polarized light,“Gedrillte” Kristalle (1929) by Ferdinand Bernauer and …

Tailor-made additives (TMAs) have found a role in crystal morphology engineering and
control by specific binding to crystal surfaces through stereo-chemical recognition. The utility …

The reversible transformation of a nanohelix is one of the most exquisite and important
phenomena in nature. However, nanomaterials usually fail to twist into helical crystals …