The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced the launch of the 2016 versions of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and the CSD-System, now complemented by three powerful new software suites for researchers worldwide: CSD-Discovery to support the discovery of new molecules, CSD-Materials for the study of crystalline materials, and CSD-Enterprise, the complete set of the CCDC's applications incorporating CSD-Discovery and CSD-Materials.
Representing the most significant change in the way the CCDC provides the CSD and its application software, these new software suites mean that scientists across more research disciplines can gain huge value from all the crystal structure data in the CSD. In particular, CSD-Enterprise, the new solution for universities, enables all academic researchers, educators and students to use the CSD-System and as many CCDC-released software products as they want.
The Cambridge Structural Database is the world's comprehensive and up-to-date database of crystal structures, fully validated and ready to use. The 2016 release provides access to over 800,000 entries, and marks the biggest annual size increase to date. Containing important and unique structures not available anywhere else, the CSD is used by scientists worldwide and provides the complete crystal structure database for chemists working with any organic and metal-organic compounds.
The CSD-System offers the essential crystallographic and structural chemistry capabilities to deliver knowledge from the CSD: powerful 2D/3D search, extensive geometry analysis tools, inter- and intra-molecular interaction analysis, high impact graphics, and powerful new CSD Python API connectivity for the creation of custom CSD-driven analyses and workflows.
CSD-Discovery provides research organisations with all the software tools for discovering new molecules: extended CSD API components, new CSD-driven Conformer Generator and Ligand Overlay capabilities for understanding and optimizing molecular geometry, and GOLD and Relibase for ligand-receptor docking and analysis.
CSD-Materials comprise CSD-driven tools for organisations exploring new materials and formulations. By analysing intra-and intermolecular interactions within the crystal lattice, scientists can understand the underlying structure of their materials and refine their properties.
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