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CrystEngComm

Design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials.

Editors-in-Chief: Christian Doonan and C. Malla Reddy

Open Access: Hybrid

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CrystEngComm is the forum for the design and understanding of crystalline materials. We welcome studies on the investigation of molecular behaviour within crystals, control of nucleation and crystal growth, engineering of crystal structures, and construction of crystalline materials with tuneable properties and functions.

ISSN: 1466-8033

Indexed in: Scopus, Web of Science

Journal Impact factor

2.6 (2024)

First decision time (all)

21 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

26 days

Scope

All papers should involve the use or development of a design or optimisation strategy. Routine structural reports or crystal morphology descriptions, even when combined with an analysis of properties or potential applications, are generally considered to be outside the scope of the journal and are unlikely to be accepted. We publish hypothesis-driven research into:

  • how crystal design affects thermodynamics
  • phase transitional behaviours
  • polymorphism
  • morphology control
  • solid state reactivity (crystal-crystal solution-crystal, and gas-crystal reactions)
  •  optoelectronics
  • ferroelectric materials
  • non-linear optics
  • molecular and bulk magnetism
  • conductivity and quantum computing
  • catalysis
  • absorption and desorption
  • mechanical properties.
  • Single crystal and powder X-ray
  • Electron, and neutron diffraction
  • Solid-state spectroscopy
  • Spectrometry, and microscopy
  • Modelling and data mining
  • Empirical, semi-empirical and ab-initio theoretical evaluations

We particularly welcome work on MOFs, coordination polymers, nanocrystals, host-guest and multi-component molecular materials. We also accept work on peptides and liquid crystals.

Readership information

Researchers in industry and academia working in the following fields.

  • Solid-state inorganic and organic chemistry
  • Materials chemistry
  • Crystallography
  • Crystal growth
  • Crystal engineering

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Meet the team

Christian Doonan

Christian Doonan

Editor-in-Chief

The University of Adelaide

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C. Malla Reddy

C. Malla Reddy

Editor-in-Chief

Indian Institute of Technology

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Susan Bourne

Susan Bourne

Associate editor

University of Cape Town

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Kwangyeol Lee

Kwangyeol Lee

Associate editor

Korea University

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Dongfeng Xue

Dongfeng Xue

Associate editor

Multiscale Crystal Materials Research Center

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Sharmarke Mohamed

Sharmarke Mohamed

Editorial board member

Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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Susan Reutzel-Edens

Susan Reutzel-Edens

Editorial board member

SuRE Pharma Consulting

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Ghazala Sadiq

Editorial board member

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

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Changquan Calvin Sun

Changquan Calvin Sun

Editorial board member

University of Minnesota

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Bin Zhao

Bin Zhao

Editorial board member

Nankai University

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Christer Aakeroy

Kansas State University

Srinivasulu Aitipamula

Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals

Alessia Bacchi

University of Parma

Elena Boldyreva

Novosibirsk State University

Andrew Bond

University of Cambridge

Deepak Chopra

IISER Bhopal

Jack Clegg

University of Queensland

Simon Coles

University of Southampton

Franziska Emmerling

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin

Paolo Falcaro

TU Graz

Omar Farha

Northwestern University

Sylvie Ferlay

Institut Le Bel

Antonio Frontera

University of the Balearic Islands

Georg Garnweitner

TU Braunschweig

David Harding

Suranaree University of Technology

Chris Hawes

University of Keele

Delia Haynes

Stellenbosch University

Kristin Hutchins

University of Missouri

Christoph Janiak

University of Dusseldorf

Franca Jones

Curtin University

Jing Li

Rutgers University

Tong-Bu Lu

Tianjin University of Technology

Chiara Maccato

Padova University

Yuji Matsumoto

Tohoku University

Sharmarke Mohamed

Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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Abel Moreno

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Anja-Verena Mudring

Aarhus University

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Parthapratim Munshi

Shiv Nadar University

Ashwini Nangia

University of Hyderabad

Lars Öhrström

Chalmers University of Technology

Simon Parsons

University of Edinburgh

Cynthia Pereira

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Wei-Yin Sun

Nanjing University

Jennifer Swift

Georgetown University

Edward R T Tiekink

Universitat de les Illes Balears

Hongjie Zhang

Changchun Institute of Applied ÀË»¨Ö±²¥

Sally Howells-Wyllie

Executive Editor

Mike Andrews

Deputy Editor

Michelle Canning

Development Editor

Emily Cuffin-Munday

Development Editor

Susannah Davies

Editorial Manager

Gaia De Angelis

Publishing Editor

Debora Giovanelli

Publishing Editor

Helen Lunn

Publishing Editor

Samuel Oldknow

Publishing Editor

Daphne Houston

Editorial Assistant

Huw Hedges

Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie

Publisher

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