CRYSTAL ENGINEERING OF DIAMONDOID NETWORKS

The review focuses upon recent research which has demonstrated that modular or multi-component strategies for designing and constructing diamondoid solids can be successful if they are based upon exploiting symmetry and functionality at the molecular level. Diamondoid networks can be sustained by a wide range of moieties and attractive forces can range from weak (pi-hydrogen bonds) to strong (coordinate covalent bonds) as long as they are directional. The implications of the work in the general context of crystal engineering and future directions for research are also discussed.