Exploring crystallisation pathways and structural properties of solids

The lecture will highlight three experimental strategies that we have developed for exploring crystallisation pathways and structural properties of solids: (i) in-situ solid-state NMR techniques for understanding the time-evolution of crystallisation processes; (ii) the study of X-ray birefringence for spatially resolved mapping of the distribution of molecular orientations in materials; (iii) structure determination of organic materials when single crystals cannot be prepared.