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What is crystal engineering?

The analysis of crystal growth patterns

The design and synthesis of solid-state structures with desired properties through deliberate control of intermolecular interactions (correct)

The study of crystal lattice defects

The study of crystallography and mineral formation

Which engineering strategies are currently in use in crystal engineering?

Ionic and covalent bonding

Metallic and van der Waals bonding

Polar and nonpolar bonding

Hydrogen- and halogen bonding and coordination bonding (correct)

Who is credited with the initial use of the term 'crystal engineering'?

Gautam Desiraju

Gerhard Schmidt

No single individual is credited

R. Pepinsky (correct)

What did Gerhard Schmidt contribute to the field of crystal engineering?

Connection with photodimerization reactions in crystalline cinnamic acids Signup and view all the answers

How did Gautam Desiraju define crystal engineering in 1988?

As the understanding of intermolecular interactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the smallest group of particles in a material that constitutes the repeating pattern of a crystal structure?

Unit cell Signup and view all the answers

What defines the nodes of the Bravais lattice in a crystal structure?

Translation vectors Signup and view all the answers

What are the lengths of the principal axes, or edges, of the unit cell in a crystal structure called?

Lattice constants Signup and view all the answers

How are the symmetry properties of the crystal described in crystallography?

By the concept of space groups Signup and view all the answers

What is the repetitive translation of the unit cell along its principal axes responsible for building up in a crystal structure?

The entire crystal Signup and view all the answers