Aims and Scope Crystal Research and Technology is an international journal examining all aspects of research within experimental, industrial and theoretical crystallography. The journal covers the relevant aspects of crystal growth techniques and phenomena (including bulk growth, thin films) modern crystalline materials (e.g. smart materials, nanocrystals, quasicrystals, liquid crystals) industrial crystallisation application of crystals in materials science, electronics, data storage, and optics experimental, simulation and theoretical studies of the structural properties of crystals crystallographic computing Audience Materials scientists, physicists, crystallographers, mineralogists, chemists, metallurgists and engineers in industries producing and/or applying crystalline solids and liquids Language of Publication English Impact Factor 2006: 0.863 2005: 0.833 2004: 0.770 2003: 0.652 Abstracting & Indexing Information Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA/CIG) CCR Database (Thomson ISI) Chemical Abstracts Service/SciFinder (ACS) ChemInform (Wiley-VCH/FIZ Chemie) Chemistry Citation Index™ (Thomson ISI) Chemistry Server Reaction Center (Thomson ISI) Chimica Database (Elsevier) COMPENDEX (Elsevier) CSA Technology Research Database (CSA/CIG) Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (Thomson ISI) FIZ Karlsruhe Databases (FIZ Karlsruhe) INSPEC (IET) Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson ISI) Materials Science Citation Index® (Thomson ISI) Reaction Citation Index™ (Thomson ISI) Science Citation Index Expanded™ (Thomson ISI) Science Citation Index® (Thomson ISI) SCOPUS (Elsevier) VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information) Web of Science® (Thomson ISI) Frequency Crystal Research and Technology is published twelve times a year. The editors Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Neumann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Physik -Kristallographie- Newtonstr. 15 12489 Berlin Germany Telephone: +49-30-20937761 or 20937861 Fax: +49-30-20937760 E-mail: neumann@physik.hu-berlin.de and Prof. Dr. K.-W. Benz Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Kristallographisches Institut Hebelstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg i. Br. Germany Telephone: +49-761-2036448 Fax: +49-761-2036434 E-mail: klaus-werner.benz@fmf.uni-freiburg.de A Wiley-VCH Berlin Publication