Gautam R. Desiraju:
Crystal Engineering—Designing Complexity
(Lives in Chemistry)
Hardcover in slipcase, 298 pp., 157 Figs., €39.80
ISBN 978-3-86225-611-2
doi: 10.47261/1611

E-Book Edition: same content as hardcover edition, but pictures in color where available.

Gautam R. Desiraju, born 1952 in Madras, is an Indian chemist and Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. A pioneer of crystal engineering, he helped establish weak hydrogen bonding and the supramolecular synthon concept. He was President of the International Union of Crystallography from 2011 to 2014 and received its Ewald Prize in 2026.

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