The principles of design of information-analytical system (IAS) intended for design of new inorganic compounds are considered. IAS includes the integrated system of databases on properties of inorganic substances and materials, the system of the programs of pattern recognition, the knowledge base and managing program. IAS allows a prediction of inorganic compounds not yet synthesized and estima...

Photochromism is a phenomenon describing the irradiation-induced reversible transformation of chemical compound's colour between two states (dubbed as switch). This review makes an up-to-date account inorganic photochromic compounds. In first part, we summarise mechanisms involving transition metal oxides, with emphasis on canonical WO3 large-bandgap semiconductor. second discuss potential cont...

The two databases ICSD and TYPIX are described. ICSD is a comprehensive compilation of crystal structure data of inorganic compounds (about 39 000 entries). TYPIX contains 3600 critically evaluated data sets representative of structure types formed by inorganic compounds.