Crystal Engineering in Conducting and Magnetic Molecular Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Supramolecular design to achieve specific physical properties is an important goal in materials research, where the interplay between different covalent and non-covalent interactions plays a major role in this quest. Non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, halogen bonds, chalcogen bonds, and π–π interactions, are key crystal engineering tools in the development of the molecular materials field.

This Special Issue of Crystals aims to publish a collection of state-of-the-art research papers illustrating the recent achievements in the development of crystal engineering in conducting and magnetic molecular materials based on tetrathiafulvalene or bis(dithiolene) compounds, as well as their potential applications.

Dr. Sandra Rabaça
Guest Editor

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• synthesis of novel tetrathiafulvalene-based compounds
• synthesis of novel transition metal bis(dithiolene) compounds
• crystal engineering
• self-assembling
• molecular conductors
• molecular magnets
• chiral molecular materials
• non-covalent interactions
• hydrogen bonds
• halogen bonds
• chalcogen bonds
• π–π interactions