“…Our group has shown paramount interest in this aspect during last couple of years. We have intended to provide an atomistic picture of self-assembly process along with the nature of various molecular packing forces, which govern the organization of molecular components in solid state, in both organic and inorganic complexes. − We have studied self-assembly of several metal malonate or nitrilotriacetate complexes in the presence of various heterocyclic bases (2-amino-4-picoline, − , 2-aminopyridine, ,, 1,10-phenanthroline, 4-aminopyridine , ) and organic complexes bearing derivatives of terpyridine ligands . During the course of our study, we have noticed several factors like reaction pH, clustering tendency of solvent water molecules, presence of different counteranions, unprecedented dimerization of heteroarenes and several weak forces (π–π, anion−π, lone pair (lp)−π) other than hydrogen bonds, have profound influence on the self-assembly process.…”