Solid State Chemistry: An Introduction, Fourth Edition (Paperback, 4)

An introduction to crystal structures
Introduction
Close-packing
Body-centred and primitive structures
Symmetry
Lattices and unit cells
Crystalline solids
Lattice Energy
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Physical methods for characterizing solids
Introduction
X-ray Diffraction
Powder Diffraction
Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction
Neutron Diffraction
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy, SPM
Atomic Force Microscopy, AFM
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, XAS
Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Thermal Analysis
Temperature Programmed Reduction, TPR
Other Techniques
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Synthesis of solids
Introduction
High temperature ceramic methods
Microwave synthesis
Combustion synthesis
High pressure methods
Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Preparing single crystals
Intercalation
Synthesis of Nanomaterials
Choosing a method

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Bonding in solids and their electronic properties
Bonding in solids - free electron theory
Bonding in solids - molecular orbital theory
Semiconductors - Si and Ge
Bands in compounds - Gallium Arsenide
Bands in d-block compounds - transition metal monoxides
Classical Modelling

Defects and non-stoichiometry
Point Defects - an introduction
Defects and their concentration
Ionic conductivity in solids
Solid Electrolytes
Applications of solid electrolytes
Colour Centres
Non-stoichiometric compounds
Extended defects
Three-dimensional defects
Electronic properties of non-stoichiometric oxides
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Microporous and Mesoporous solids
Zeolites
Other microporous framework structures
Mesoporous structures
New materials
Clay minerals

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Optical properties of solids
Introduction
The interaction of light with atoms
Absorption and emission of radiation in continuous solids
Refraction
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials ? ‘cloaks of invisibility’

Magnetic and Electrical Properties
Introduction
Magnetic susceptibility
Paramagnetism in metal complexes
Ferromagnetic metals
Ferromagnetic compounds - chromium dioxide
Antiferromagnetism - transition metal monoxides
Ferrimagnetism - ferrites
Spiral Magnetism
Giant, Tunnelling, and Colossal Magnetoresistance
Electrical polarisation
Piezoelectric crystals
The Ferroelectric Effect
Multiferroics

Superconductivity
Introduction
Conventional superconductors
High temperature superconductors
Uses of high-temperature superconductors
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Nanostructures and solids with low-dimensional properties
Nanoscience
Consequences of the nanoscale
Low-dimensional and nano-structural carbon
Carbon-based conducting polymers
Non-carbon nanoparticles
Non-carbon nanofilms and nanolayers
Non-carbon nanotubes, nanorods and nanowires