title: Superspace crystallography: a key to the chemistry and properties.
abstract: An overview is given of the recent advances in the field of modulated molecular and inorganic crystals with an emphasis on the links between incommensurability, intermolecular and interatomic interactions and, wherever possible, the properties of the materials. The importance of detailed knowledge on the modulated structure for understanding the crystal chemistry and the functional properties of modulated phases is shown using selected examples of incommensurate modulations in organic molecular compounds and inorganic complex oxides.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Cristalografia, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Basílio
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: EMAT, University of Antwerp , Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Belgium ; Chemistry Department, Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Artem M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abakumov
keywords: chemistry; incommensurate modulation; modulated structure; superspace crystallography