Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

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Front entrance of CCDC
The front entrance of CCDC headquarters in Cambridge, UK

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is a

computer software
to allow others to do the same.

History

In 1962, Dr.

machine-readable form.[1] Kennard invited Frank Allen
to join the group, which he did in 1970, becoming Scientific Director and then Executive Director before retiring in 2008.

In 1992, the CCDC moved into its own building adjacent to the Cambridge chemistry department. This new headquarters was designed by the Danish architect Professor Erik Christian Sørensen and won The Sunday Times Building of the Year Award in 1993.[2]

The CCDC still retains very close links as a University Partner Institution that trains students for postgraduate research degrees but from 1987 became an independent company. By 2019 the database had grown to over a million structures.[2]

Current research

Main article: Cambridge Structural Database

The staff at the CCDC curate the database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures and make these available for download by the public. They also create and maintain a suite of cheminformatics software that may be used to apply the data to applications in the life sciences, including crystal engineering and materials science.[1][3][4]

Programs Developed

CCDC developed programs such as ConQuest and

Windows and various types of Unix, including Linux. ConQuest is a search interface to the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Mercury is crystal structure visualizer tool and versions of Mercury released in 2015 and later provide the functionality to generate 3D print.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781586034504
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  2. ^ a b Ferry, Georgina (21 March 2023). "Olga Kennard Obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. PMID 21426112
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  4. ISBN 3039361708
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  5. ISSN 0108-7681
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  6. ^ "3D Printing: Easy as 1, 2, 3!". The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

External links

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