Frontiers of molecular crystal structure prediction for pharmaceuticals and functional organic materials

GJO Beran - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The reliability of organic molecular crystal structure prediction has improved tremendously in
recent years. Crystal structure predictions for small, mostly rigid molecules are quickly …

A Comprehensive Review on Theoretical Screening Methods for Pharmaceutical Cocrystals

J Roshni, T Karthick - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2025 - Elsevier
In crystal engineering, cocrystallization has become one of the preferred methods for
improving the physicochemical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The …

The seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction: structure generation methods

LM Hunnisett, J Nyman, N Francia, NS Abraham… - Structural …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
A seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction was organized by the Cambridge
Crystallographic Data Centre featuring seven target systems of varying complexity: a silicon …

[HTML][HTML] The seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction: structure ranking methods

LM Hunnisett, N Francia, J Nyman, NS Abraham… - Structural …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
A seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction has been organized by the Cambridge
Crystallographic Data Centre. The results are presented in two parts, with this second part …

Assessing alkyl side chain effects on electron transport properties of Y6-derived non-fullerene acceptors

D Padula, A Landi, G Prampolini - Energy Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) have significantly increased the
efficiency of organic photovoltaics, reaching approximately 20% in single junction solar …

Impact of heteroatoms and chemical functionalisation on crystal structure and carrier mobility of organic semiconductors

S Hutsch, F Ortmann - npj Computational Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The substitution of heteroatoms and the functionalisation of molecules are established
strategies in chemical synthesis. They target the precise tuning of the electronic properties of …

High-throughput design of a light and strong refractory eutectic medium entropy alloy with outstanding He-ion irradiation resistance

C Yang, B Wang, G Shen, T Wei, M Wu, Q Tao… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Light, strong, and radiation-tolerant materials are essential for advanced nuclear systems
and aerospace applications. However, the comprehensive properties of current radiation …

A new insight into aggregation structure of organic solids and its relationship to room‐temperature phosphorescence effect

M Gao, J Ren, Y Gong, M Fang, J Yang, Z Li - Aggregate, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In order to improve the performance of organic luminescent materials, lots of studies have
been carried out at the molecular level. However, these materials are mostly applied as …

Efficient crystal structure prediction for structurally related molecules with accurate and transferable tailor-made force fields

A Mattei, RS Hong, H Dietrich, D Firaha… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is generally used to complement experimental solid form
screening and applied to individual molecules in drug development. The fast development …

Machine learning assisted prediction of organic salt structure properties

EP Shapera, DK Bučar, RP Prasankumar… - npj Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
We demonstrate a machine learning-based approach which predicts the properties of crystal
structures following relaxation based on the unrelaxed structure. Use of crystal graph …