Crystal Engineering : How Molecules Build Solids (Iop Concise Physics)

Williams, Jeffrey H

Morgan & Claypool Publishers（2017/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 145 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781643279145

Full Description

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.

Contents

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