Crystallography

Deposit your data in the CSD under embargo ahead of publication in a scientific journal. Allows peer reviewers access, and complies with journal requirements.

Validate .cif files (CIFs) and ensure the format is compliant for sharing with journals or in the CSD. Identify and correct syntax and format violations, safely edit and supplement the data, and visualize structures including displacement ellipsoids.

Quickly search the world’s published crystal structure data, to explore known molecules and confirm if a new compound is novel. Easily connect individual structures to their original publication to learn more about them.

Open .cif files and visualize the crystal structure with fully customizable settings to show the features important to you. Generate high-resolution images suitable for publication or presentation, or animations and even 3D print files.

Search the most complete collation of observed molecular and crystallographic symmetry properties. Interrogate the data with standard and custom queries.

Publish your data directly into the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) or Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) — even when it is not associated to a publication. Structures from patents, PhD theses, or any other work can be securely stored and shared this way.