Chemistry Using the Symmetry of Crystals
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1431
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inorganic chemistry; coordination chemistry; Schiff base; crystallography
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Dear Colleagues,
Crystallography is widely used as a structure determination tool in various fields of natural science. In principle, the three-dimensional periodic arrangement of atoms in a solid or crystal is measured via diffraction in the reciprocal space field of electromagnetic waves, and the atomic positions in real space are determined via Fourier transformation. In chemistry, 3D structures are discussed in stereochemistry and structural chemistry, but they are also closely related to condensed matter chemistry and chemical reactions involving molecular recognition. They have now become an indispensable research tool for analyzing low-molecular-weight crystal structures; however, once a crystal is formed, it follows the laws of crystal symmetry, such as the center of symmetry of the space group and the presence or absence of chirality. This Special Issue broadly calls for chemical research that essentially utilizes such symmetries of crystals.
Prof. Dr. Takashiro Akitsu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- crystallography
- structural chemistry
- crystal structure
- symmetry
- space group
- chirality
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