Turning points in solid-state, materials and surface science : a book in celebration of the life and work of Sir John Meurig Thomas / edited by Kenneth D.M. Harris, Peter P. Edwards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Thomas, J. M. (John Meurig)

Harris, Kenneth D. M.

Edwards, P. P. (Peter P.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solids--Surfaces.

Solids.

Solid state chemistry.

Surface chemistry.

Catalysts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (946 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : RSC Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of some of the most important recent developments across the spectrum of solid-state, materials and surface sciences.

Contents:

""Turning Points in Solid-State, Materials and Surface Science""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Curriculum Vitae, Awards and Honours of Sir John Meurig Thomas""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Voyages with the Master""; ""Section A: Inorganic Solid State Chemistry (Nanoporous Solids, Complex Oxides, Zeolites, Minerals, Non-Stoichiometry, Computation and Modelling)""; ""Multifaceted Studies of Zeolites and Other Catalytic Materials""; ""The Deductive Approach to Chemistry, a Paradigm Shift""; ""Future Energy Materials: Three Challenges for Materials Chemistry""

""Structural Diversity and Potential Applications of Metal�Organic Coordination Polymers""""Elucidating Crystal Growth in Nanoporous Materials: The Importance of Microscopy""; ""Exploration of New Porous Solids in the Search for Adsorbents and Catalysts""; ""Concerning the Solid State Packing of [(ButCO2 )3M2]2(l-9,10-anthracenedicarboxylate) Compounds (M=Mo or W) and Other Matters""; ""High Pressure and High Temperature Oxidation in the IrSr2RECu2O8 Family of Cuprates: The Disordered Multiple Perovskite Phases ""; ""Melting and Amorphisation""

""Computer Modelling in Solid- State Chemistry""""Towards a Catalogue of Designer Zeolites""; ""Discovering New Crystal Architectures""; ""Chemical Modulations in Pb�Bi Sulfosalts: A Glimpse at Minerals in Solid-State Chemistry""; ""Complexity: In the Eye of the Beholder (This Beholder is a Crystallographer)""; ""Synthesis and Characterization of Zn-T-Sites in Mazzite""; ""Anything Protons Do, Muons Do Better!""; ""Section B: Organic Solid State Chemistry""; ""Molecular Cohesion and the Structure of Organic Crystals""; ""Aperiodicity in Organic Materials""

""From the Synthesis of Acetylenic Natural Products to Seeing the Light with Polymers""""Molecular Recognition within One-Dimensional Channels""; ""FTIR Study of Short Range Mobility in Some Crystalline Peroxides: Solid-State Rotational Isomerism of CO2""; ""Section C: Solid Catalysts, Surface and Materials Science""; ""From �Nature� to an Adventure in Single-Site Epoxidation Catalysis""; ""A Comparison between Enzymes and Solid State Catalysts""; ""Zeolite Modelling: Active Sites in Different Framework Structures and in Different Crystallographic Positions""

""Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Window on the Catalyst Operating in the Reactor Environment""""Dissociative Chemisorption of Hydrogen Chloride at Cu(110): Atom-Resolved Time-Dependent Evidence for Transient States in the Formation of the ��Final State�� Stable Chloride Overlayer""; ""Recent Advances in Single-Site Photocatalysts Constructed within Microporous and Mesoporous Materials""; ""Structural Organization of Catalytic Functions in Mo-Based Selective Oxidation Catalysts""; ""Designing Active Sites for Surfaces: From Tightly Bound to Loosely Anchored""

""Polynuclear Transition Metal Cluster Complexes Containing Tin Ligands: Precursors to New Heterogeneous Nano-Catalysts""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847558183

1847558186