FIZ Karlsruhe has launched the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), a resource featuring fully identified inorganic crystal structures.
ICSD contains records of about 120,000 crystal structures published since 1913.
Each year, about 7,000 new structures are added.
Customers may choose the way of accessing ICSD data that best suits their needs.
The data are offered as a web-based version on CD ROM; as a database made available through FIZ Karlsruhe's online service STN International; through a stand-alone web portal; and for integration into the intranets of research institutions and enterprises.
ICSD is an important source of information for chemists, physicists, mineralogists and geologists working in the field of crystallography.
