Crystal engineering is an interdisciplinary area of research that cuts horizontally the traditional subdivisions of chemistry, e.g. organic, inorganic, organometallics, materials chemistry and biochemistry as witnessed by the diverse research topics dealt with by the Bologna's MCE group. The MCE group has a long standing experience with solid state methods and techniques, from single crystal to powder diffraction, (SCXRD and PXRD) including structure determination from powder diffraction data, as well from microcalorimetric analysis (TGA and DSC), Hot stage Microscopy (HSM), FTIR spectroscopy, to intrinsic dissolution rate (IDR) measurements. We have also developed solvent-free non conventional approaches, mainly based on mechanochemical and solvo thermal methods, to prepare novel crystalline materials. We can also reply on a number of strong industrial collaborations mainly on issues concerning the screening and characterization of crystal forms of drugs.
The 13th Bologna’s convention on crystal forms – CF@Bo n.13 – was held in Bologna in September 2025. The next meeting of the series Crystal Forms n. 14 will be held in Parma in 2027 (7-9 September). Organization is in progress, for information contact prof. Paolo Pio Mazzeo paolopio.mazzeo@unipr.it or a staff member of the Bologna's group. Organization is in progress.
To view the scientific programme of Crystal Forms n. 13 click here
https://site.unibo.it/[…]/crystal-forms-bologna-13th
For information about the scientific programme of the 2025 edition refer to Dario Braga (dario.braga@unibo.it)