Cambridge Structural Database interpenetrated structures

Blatov, V. A., Carlucci, L., Ciani, G., Proserpio, D. M., Interpenetrating metal-organic and inorganic 3D networks a computer-aided systematic investigation. Part I. Analysis of the Cambridge structural database. Crystengcomm 2004, 6, 377-395. 

Thus, a brief and necessarily selective overview of the different types of interpenetration follows. For more comprehensive reviews on interpenetration, the reader is directed elsewhere." An understanding of basic network topology is assumed again, for discussions of network topology, the reader should consult other sources," including the chapter by Ohrstrom elsewhere in this volume (see The Cambridge Structural Database System and Its Applications in Supramolecular Chemistry and Materials Design, Supramolecular Materials Chemistry). 

Searching databases for nets, interpenetration and related problems also needs special treatment, and a section at the end of Chapter 4 deals with this. We also briefly conunent on the use of the Cambridge Structural Database, and in this context we should mention two very useful papers from the groups of Proserpio [31] and O Keeffe Yaghi [30]. 

They investigated the Cambridge Structural Database for covalent or coordination nets that interpenetrate using the TOPOS software package and divided their results into three main classes and several subclasses as shown in Table 4.1 [2],... 

Baburin lA, Blatov VA, Carlucci L, Ciani G, Proserpio DM (2008) Interpenetrated three-dimensional networks of hydrogen-bonded organic species a systematic analysis of the Cambridge Structure Database. Cryst Growth Des 8 519... 

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