Buch, Englisch, 145 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 476 g
Reihe: IOP Concise Physics
How Molecules Build Solids
Buch, Englisch, 145 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 476 g
Reihe: IOP Concise Physics
ISBN: 978-1-64327-914-5
Verlag: Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC-Iop
There are more than 20 million chemicals in the literature, with new materials being synthesized each week. Most of these molecules are stable, and the 3-dimensional arrangement of the atoms in the molecules, in the various solids may be determined by routine x-ray crystallography. When this is done, it is found that this vast range of molecules, with varying sizes and shapes can be accommodated by only a handful of solid structures. This limited number of architectures for the packing of molecules of all shapes and sizes, to maximize attractive intermolecular forces and minimizing repulsive intermolecular forces, allows us to develop simple models of what holds the molecules together in the solid. In this volume we look at 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. That is, creating new crystal architectures with desired physical characteristics in which the molecules pack together in particular architectures; a subject of particular interest to the pharmaceutical industry.
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- 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
