Hirshfeld surfaces: A new tool for visualising and exploring molecular crystals

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2136-2141

  McKinnon, Joshua J ^a   Mitchell, Anthony S ^a   Spackman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystal engineering; Crystal packing; Graphics; Molecular surfaces; Solid state structures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031798154     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19981102)4:11<2136::AID-CHEM2136>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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