Graeme M. Day Research Group

Our research focusses on developing our fundamental understanding of the molecular organic solid state, with the goal of discovering and designing new materials. This research is underpinned by modern simulation methods, including the ab initio prediction of crystal structures.

Recent News

December, 2011
EPSRC grant awarded for research on "Directed Covalent Assembly in the Solid State: towards Predictable Solvent-free Synthesis" [more...]
We have been awarded a grant from the EPSRC for work in collaboration with Prof. Jeremy Sanders to study thermodynamically controlled solid-state synthesis. Our work will develop computational methods for predicting the equilibrium between reactant and products in the solid state.
November, 2011
Edward Pyzer-Knapp awarded NanoDTC associate student travel grant [more...]
Edward Pyzer-Knapp has been awarded a NanoDTC Associate Student Travel Grant. For more information, see http://www.nanodtc.cam.ac.uk/associates.
September, 2011
Andreas Stegmuller completes MPhil viva [more...]
Andreas completed his MPhil viva on computational studies of structures of organic molecular monolayers on graphite and graphene surfaces.
August, 2011
Graeme on the radio [more...]
Graeme was interviewed on the BBC's The Naked Scientists show on 'Chemistry by Design'. To listen to the podcast or read the transcript, see: www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2011.08.14/.
August, 2011
Former group member awarded fellowship [more...]
Dr Aurora Cruz-Cabeza, who completed her PhD in the group, has been awarded a prestigious NWO VENI postdoctoral research fellowship, which she will hold in the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam to continue her studies of the crystallisation of small organic molecules.
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Recent Publications

Modular and Predictable Assembly of Porous Organic Molecular Crystals

Nature, 474, 367-371 (2011).
Successful Prediction of a Model Pharmaceutical in the Fifth Blind Test of Crystal Structure Prediction

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 418, 168-178 (2011).
Interaction of Charge Carriers with Lattice Vibrations in Oligoacene Crystals from Naphthalene to Pentacene

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 14437-14446 (2010).

Recent Publications

Modular and Predictable Assembly of Porous Organic Molecular Crystals

Successful Prediction of a Model Pharmaceutical in the Fifth Blind Test of Crystal Structure Prediction

Interaction of Charge Carriers with Lattice Vibrations in Oligoacene Crystals from Naphthalene to Pentacene