Crystal Engineering : How molecules build solids

This book is a look at the origin of the molecular architecture of crystals; a topic that is becoming increasingly important and is often termed "crystal engineering". It is a study of the means of predicting crystal structures and of designing crystals with particular properties by manipulating the structure and interaction of large molecules. That is, creating new crystal architectures with desired physical characteristics in which the molecules pack together in particular architectures; a subject of particular interest to the pharmaceutical industry.