title: Crystallographic approaches for the investigation of molecular materials: structure property relationships and reverse crystal engineering.
abstract: This article discusses the connection between crystallography and material science. It sheds light on some of the research opportunities that are currently available and it critically reviews the directions taken by the scientific community in the field of crystal engineering. The focus is on materials formed by the assembly of organic and organometallic molecular building blocks.
authors.affiliation: University of Bern Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. piero.macchi@dcb.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Macchi