Contributions to the foundations upon which true crystal engineering of functional solids will be based.

晶体工程这一新兴领域有望提供为特定应用量身定制的尖端材料。这项拟议工作的主要目的是控制相互作用，从而控制用于构建此类材料的小分子构建块的安排。通过提出的各种新方法，我们希望我们的研究工作将为晶体工程的发展提供宝贵的科学贡献，同时为澳大利亚未来的繁荣所依赖的科学家提供一个极好的培训基础。

The emerging area of crystal engineering promises to provide access to sophisticated materials tailored for specific applications. A major thrust of the proposed work is concerned with controlling the interactions and thus the arrangement of small molecular building blocks used to construct such materials. Through a variety of novel approaches that are proposed, we expect that our research work will provide a valuable scientific contribution to the development of crystal engineering, whilst affording an excellent training ground for the sorts of scientists upon whom Australia's future prosperity will depend.