Co-crystal

Co-cristal (Fr). Co-cristallo (It). 共結晶 (Ja).

Definition

Solid consisting of a crystalline single-phase material composed of two or more different molecular and/or ionic compounds generally in a stoichiometric ratio which are neither solvates nor simple salts.

See also

Aitipamula, S. et al. (2012). Cryst. Growth Des. 12, 2147-2152. Polymorphs, salts, and cocrystals: what’s in a name? and references cited therein