Software:CrystalExplorer
 Screenshot of generated Hirshfeld surface in CrystalExplorer17 | |
| Original author(s) | D Jayatilaka and MA Spackman |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2007 |
| Stable release | CrystalExplorer17 (CE17)
/ 2019 |
| Preview release | CrystalExplorer17
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| Operating system | Windows(7+), Linux, MacOS(10.10+) |
| License | free-of-charge (Conditions applicable) |
| Website | crystalexplorer |
CrystalExplorer (CE) is a freeware designed to analysis the crystal structure with *.cif file format.[1]
CE is helpful to investigate different areas of solid-state chemistry such as Hirshfeld surface analysis, intermolecular interactions, polymorphism, effect of pressure and temperature on crystal structure, single-crystal to single-crystal reactions, analyzing the voids present in crystal, and structure-property relationships.[1][2]
The graphical interface of CE towards the 3D crystal structure visualization aids in drawing the crystal structure with or without Hirshfeld surface.[3]
History
CrystalExplorer launched as a graphical user interface which facilitates the visualization of interactions in molecular crystal structures. In 2006, M. A. Spackman's student Dylan Jayatilaka and coworkers presented a paper about their new crystallographic software in the occasion of 23rd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM23) conducted in Leuven.[4] This software was designed by School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia. From 2006 onward researchers started citing the program in their research papers.[5]
CrystalExplorer 2.1 designed for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux platforms for the analysis of crystal structures and can be used to investigate many areas of solid-state chemistry such as studying intermolecular interactions, polymorphism, the effects of pressure and temperature on crystal structures, single-crystal to single-crystal reactions, analyzing crystal voids, structure-property relationships,[6] isostructural compounds,[7] and calculate intermolecular interaction energies.[8]
Currently in 2020 September, there are more than 2000 research papers that cite CrystalExplorer software as per google scholar analysis.[5]
Licence
CrystalExplorer17 is licensed free-of-charges under conditions, such as not using the free version of CrystalExplorer to conduct commercial or confidential research, or research that is not likely to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.[9]
See also
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
- Crystallographic Information File
- International Union of Crystallography
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CrystalExplorer Main Page". https://crystalexplorer.scb.uwa.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
- ↑ Spackman, Mark A.; Jayatilaka, Dylan (21 November 2008). "Hirshfeld surface analysis". CrystEngComm 11: 19. doi:10.1039/B818330A. https://pubs.rsc.org/ko/content/articlehtml/2009/ce/b818330a#cit14.
- ↑ Mackenzie, Campbell F.; Spackman, Peter R.; Jayatilaka, Dylan; Spackman, Mark A. (2017-07-04). "CrystalExplorer model energies and energy frameworks: extension to metal coordination compounds, organic salts, solvates and open-shell systems". IUCrJ 4 (Pt 5): 575–587. doi:10.1107/S205225251700848X. ISSN 2052-2525. PMID 28932404.
- ↑ "CrystalExplorer: a tool for displaying Hirshfeld surfaces and visualising intermolecular interactions in molecular crystals". Acta Crystallogr. A62: s90. 2006. http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0108767306098199.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=CrystalExplorer+&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5.
- ↑ "CrystalExplorer 2.1 - CrystalExplorer is a fully-featured molecular crystal visualization tool". software.informer.com. https://crystalexplorer.software.informer.com/2.1/.
- ↑ Arunkumar, Chellaiah (13 Apr 2014). "Quantitative crystal structure analysis of fluorinated porphyrins". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 163: 16–22. doi:10.1016/j.jfluchem.2014.04.002. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022113914000931.
- ↑ Spackman, P. R.; Spackman, M. A. (18 Mar 2021). "CrystalExplorer: a program for Hirshfeld surface analysis, visualization and quantitative analysis of molecular crystals". J. Appl. Crystallogr. 54 (3): 1006–1011. doi:10.1107/S1600576721002910. PMID 34188619. PMC 8202033. https://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600576721002910.
- ↑ "CrystalExplorer - Licensing". https://crystalexplorer.scb.uwa.edu.au/licence.html.
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