Outside Front Cover: Predicting and Rationalizing Piezoelectricity in Racemic Bioorganic Molecular Crystals
Chiral molecules tend to crystallise in non-centrosymmetric space groups and demonstrate piezoelectricity. This cover image shows a rarer illuminated racemic crystal that interconverts electrical and mechanical energy. In Research Article e24346, Shubham Vishnoi and Sarah Guerin screen a large number of racemic crystals for their electromechanical properties using high-throughput density functional theory, uncovering new sustainable material chemistries and unit cell design rules. Image design by Krishna Hari & Sarah Guerin.
Authors
- Shubham Vishnoi
- Sarah Guerin
Institutions
- University of Limerick (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m1905103700
- Primary Topic
- Crystallography and molecular interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00