Premium
Dealing with Crystal Forms (The Kingdom of Serendip?)
Author(s) -
Braga Dario,
d'Agostino Simone,
Dichiarante Elena,
Maini Lucia,
Grepioni Fabrizia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201100084
Subject(s) - crystal (programming language) , crystallization , predictability , variety (cybernetics) , crystal engineering , yield (engineering) , ionic bonding , molecule , crystallography , chemistry , materials science , crystal structure , computer science , organic chemistry , physics , ion , supramolecular chemistry , metallurgy , artificial intelligence , programming language , quantum mechanics
The variety of crystal forms that may be associated with one specific molecule of interest can be extremely large: in addition to polymorphs, all sorts of crystalline solids can be obtained, from molecular and ionic co‐crystals to hydrates/solvates, to, needless to say, polymorphs of all these new crystal forms. Lack of predictability of crystallization experiments, far from representing a failure or a nuisance, should encourage in the crystal maker the same attitude shown by the three princes of Serendip (who were making unexpected discoveries by virtue of their “sagacity and readiness of mind”) to be ready to pick new avenues as the crystal experiments will yield something unplanned for.