Crystal Engineering: How Molecules Build Solids

ISBN-13: 9781681746241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 145 str.

Jeffrey H. Williams

Opis

Examines the origin of the molecular architecture of crystals; a topic that is becoming increasingly important and is often termed, crystal engineering. Such studies are a means of predicting crystal structures, and of designing crystals with particular properties by manipulating the structure and interaction of large molecules.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Introduction: Crystal Engineering
• Acknowledgement
• Author Biography
• 1. Holding Things Together
• 2. Intermolecular Electrostatics
• 3. The Classification of Crystals
• 4. Non-bonded Solids
• 5. Ionic Materials
• 6. Materials with Mixed Bonding
• 7. Covalent Solids
• 8. Methane and Other Non-aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ethane, Ethylene and Acetylene
• 9. Giant Covalent Structures: Diamond and Graphite
• 10. Structural Elements in Covalent Crystals
• 11. Solids Formed from Aromatic Molecules
• 12. Supra-molecular Chemistry
• 13. Final Thoughts