Crystallising new concepts not once, but twice
From supramolecular synthons to weak hydrogen bonds, Gautam Desiraju’s research has impacted several areas of chemistry
Not many chemists can claim to have been around at the beginning of a new discipline, let alone to have been there ‘almost accidentally’. Gautam Desiraju, professor of solid state and structural chemistry at the Indian University of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, is one of this tiny group.