General computational algorithms for ab initio crystal structure prediction for organic molecules

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 345, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-58

  Pantelides, Constantinos C ^a   Adjiman, Claire S ^a   Kazantsev, Andrei V ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CrystalOptimizer; CrystalPredictor; Lattice energy; Local approximate model; Polymorph

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902075519     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_497     Document Type: Article

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