Solid state chemistry (4^th Ed.)
An Introduction, Fourth Edition

The fourth edition of this volume has been comprehensively revised and updated. Building a foundation with a thorough description of crystalline structures, the book presents a wide range of the synthetic and physical techniques used to prepare and characterize solids. The text discusses bonding, superconductivity, and electrochemical, magnetic, optical, and conductive properties. The authors have updated sections to cover STEM, ionic conductivity, nanotubes and related structures such as graphene, metal-organic frameworks, and FeAs superconductors. They also include additional new chapters on biological systems in synthesis, solid state modeling, metamaterials.

AN INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTAL STRUCTURES. Close-Packing. Body-Centred and Primitive Structures. Symmetry. Lattices and Unit Cells. Crystalline Solids. Lattice Energy. PHYSICAL METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING SOLIDS. X-Ray Diffraction. Powder Diffraction. Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction. Neutron Diffraction. Electron Microscopy. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MAS) NMR. Thermal Analysis. Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR). Other Techniques. PREPARATIVE METHODS. High Temperature Ceramic Methods. Microwave Synthesis. Combustion Synthesis. High Pressure Methods. Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD). Preparing Single Crystals. Intercalation. Choosing a Method. BONDING IN SOLIDS AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. Bonding in Solids : Free Electron Theory , Molecular Orbital Theory. Semiconductors - Si and Ge. Bands in Compounds - Gallium Arsenide. Bands in d-Block Compounds - Transition Metal Monoxides. DEFECTS AND NON-STOICHIOMETRY. Point Defects - An Introduction. Defects and their Concentration. Ionic Conductivity in Solid. Solid Electrolytes . Photography. Colour Centres. Non-Stoichiometric Compounds. Planar Defects. Three-Dimensional Defects. Electronic Properties of Non-Stoichiometric Oxides. CARBON-BASED ELECTRONICS. Polyacetylene and Related Polymers. Molecular Metals. Polymers and Ionic Conduction - Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Carbon. ZEOLITES AND RELATED STRUCTURES. Composition and Structure. Synthesis of Zeolites. Structure Determination. Uses of Zeolites. Mesoporous Aluminosilicate Structures. Other Framework Structures. New Materials. Clay Minerals. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS. The Interaction of Light with Atoms. Absorption and Emission of Radiation in Semiconductors. Optical Fibres. Photonic Crystals. MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES. Magnetic Susceptibility. Paramagnetism in Metal Complexes. Ferromagnetic Metals. Ferromagnetic Compounds - Chromium Dioxide. Antiferromagnetism - Transition Metal Monoxides. Ferrimagnetism - Ferrites. Giant, Tunnelling, and Colossal Magnetoresistance. Electrical Polarisation. Piezoelectric Crystals - a-Quartz. The Ferroelectric Effect. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. Conventional Superconductors. High Temperature Superconductors. Ferromagnetic Superconductors. Uses of High Temperature Superconductors. NANOSCIENCE. Introduction. Consequences of the Nanoscale. Manipulating Atoms and Molecules.

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