hi all,
I am trying to analyse the features of crystal packing (cation-anion interactions) in a series of compounds by usung the Hirschfeld Surface analysis approach; I have installed Crystal Explorer for this purpose. Hence, there is a number of questions, first of all:
1) which part of the structure should be analyzed? Is it enough to build surfaces for anion/cation only or I should calculate it for both? Shouuld I analyze whe whole unit cell or just its part?
2) which parameters should be used as default?
3) finally, how to interprete the obtained surface?
I read the manual but it did not help too much... if you know any relevant sources please let me know.
Thanks,
SA