Second Edition of Introduction to Materials ChemistryHarry R. AllcockPart I Introduction to Materials ChemistryChapter 1 What is Materials Chemistry?Chapter 2 Fundamental Principles that Underlie Materials ChemistryChapter 3 General Background to Materials Synthesis and IsolationChapter 4 Chemistry of Representative ElementsChapter 5 CharacterizationPart II Different Types of MaterialsChapter 6 Small Molecules in SolidsChapter 7 Porous SolidsChapter 8 Ceramics and Inorganic GlassesChapter 9 Polymers: Fundamental AspectsChapter 10 Polymer Morphology and FabricationChapter 11 Carbon-Based MaterialsChapter 12 Metals and AlloysChapter 13 SuperconductorsPart III Materials in Advanced TechnologyChapter 14 Semiconductor BasicsChapter 15 PhotolithographyChapter 16 Semiconductor DevicesChapter 17 Optical and Photonic DevicesChapter 18 Materials for Energy Generation and StorageChapter 19 MembranesChapter 20 Surface ScienceChapter 21 Biomedical MaterialsChapter 22 Miniaturization in Materials ScienceGlossaryIndex
HARRY R. ALLCOCK, PHD, is an Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include applications of chemical synthesis to polymer chemistry, materials science, energy research, and biomedicine; and the correlation of molecular structure with properties for hybrid inorganic-organic macromolecules and materials.