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Here, Christopher Pigge (University of Iowa, US) discusses both the advantages and disadvantages that can arise when using flexible components in crystal engineering.  Both organic (mainly triaroylbenzenes) and metal-organic framework systems derived from flexible ligands are reviewed.

Read the Highlight by Christopher Pigge here.

Losing control? “Design” of crystalline organic and metal-organic networks using conformationally flexible buidling blocks
F. Christopher Pigge
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00417k