ICSD Web is a host-based internet solution for institutions that would like to reduce their TCO, while at the same time offering their users easy-to-use, highly efficient web access to the database.

New Web Application: Crystals Anywhere

ICSD, the most comprehensive database on fully determined inorganic crystal structures, is now available as an enhanced WWW application, providing easy access from anywhere around the world.

At present, the ICSD contains:

• 1,400 crystal structures of the elements
• 23,000 records for binary compounds
• 42,500 records for ternary compounds
• 45,000 records for quarternary and quintenary compounds
• About 90,000 entries (70,3%) have been assigned a structure type.
  There are currently 4,860 structure prototypes.

Detailed information on the ICSD may be found in the scientific manual.

New Features

• More data: The database now contains about 125,000 entries.
• Enhanced search functionality: easy to use and intuitive search interface.
• Easy analysis of large and complex data sets.
• Simple and powerful query management: load, modify and save queries.
• Personalization/User Profiles for IP access based accounts

The ICSD Web interface is divided into 6 parts:
(1.) The header shows a welcome message. The “Logout” button allows you to leave the current session. After database searches have been performed, a “Print” button will appear.
(2.) The Navigation allows you to jump back to the “Basic Search” form, to access specialized pages for performing advanced searches, and to manage your queries.
(3.) The main interface is the central working place for the ICSD. Here you can enter and refine searches.
(4.) The search action field allows you to run, save and clear your current query.
(5.) In the search summary field preliminary numbers of results are shown.
(6.) The Query History field contains your last 30 performed searches and allows you to access them quickly and conveniently.

 Many options are available for display and analysis of results.