CrystalWalk is a crystal editor and visualization software designed for teaching materials science and engineering. Based on WebGL/HTML5, it provides an accessible and interactive platform to students and teachers by introducing a simplified crystallographic approach that creates crystal structures by combining a lattice with a motif without the use of its internal symmetry. CrystalWalk is the ...

The crystal engineering design of new clathrate hosts that employ intermolecular attractive forces much weaker than hydrogen bonding and coordination complexation remains problematic. One approach has been to prepare a series of V-shaped molecules with C2symmetry, a small degree of conformational freedom, and protruding halogen atoms. This design has been highly successful (95%), but little pre...

The commentary seeks to provide a brief history and perspective on the importance of crystal forms of pharmaceuticals as a means of achieving performance criteria. The expanding scope of crystal form selection, emergence of crystal engineering in pharmaceutical science and pharmaceutical co-crystals are topics of this brief review.

Modelling crystal growth is important for example in engineering, materials science, and the life sciences.