@article{2928396, title = "Crystal Engineering: Stacking Interactions Control the Crystal Structures of Benzothiadiazole (btd) and Its Complexes with Copper(II) and Copper(I) Chlorides", author = "Giannis S. Papaefstathiou and Alexandros Tsohos and Catherine P. Raptopoulou and Aris Terzis and Vassilis Psycharis and Dante Gatteschi and Spyros P. Perlepes", journal = "Crystal Growth & Design", year = "2001", volume = "1", number = "3", pages = "191--194", publisher = "American Chemical Society (ACS)", issn = "1528-7483, 1528-7505", doi = "10.1021/cg010284e", keywords = "coordination polymers", abstract = "The columns of stacked 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (btd) molecules present in the crystal structure of the free ligand are maintained in the lattices of the 2D coordination polymers [CuCl2(btd)]n and [CuCl(btd)]n, demonstrating how the coordination bonds and aromatic stacking interactions can be forged into a supramolecular tool that has not yet been employed in a systematic manner." }