C. N. R. Rao

In this new edition the authors have taken the opportunity to bring the work completely up to date by the addition of new material on mesoporous materials, fullerenes, molecular magnets, organic conductors and high-temperature superconductors. All of the chapters have been revised with new additional sections. In recent years, solid state chemistry has emerged as a very important element of mainstream chemistry and modern materials science. Students, teachers and researchers of condensed matter science and materials science need to understand the chemistry of solids because this plays a crucial role in determining the properties of materials. An understanding of solid state chemistry is also essential in materials design. For example, innovative ways of preparing unusual solids chemically have been discovered, often giving rise to metastable materials which could not otherwise be made. Many fascinating relationships between the structure and properties of solids that help in the design of materials have been discovered by chemists. The authors survey the highlights of this vital area of chemistry by citing the most recent examples, case studies and references. Not only does the book bring out the essence of the subject, it will also help the reader understand the subject in all its breadth and depth. This text requires only an understanding of basic physics, chemistry and crystallography. It will be of value to advanced students and researchers studying solid state chemistry as a text and reference work.

This book provides unified coverage of the structure, properties, and synthesis of transition metal oxides. Written by two world-class scientists, it offers both an excellent window on modern solid-state chemistry and a gateway to understanding the behavior of inorganic solids. Scientists and advanced students in inorganic and solid-state chemistry, materials science, ceramics, and condensed matter science will welcome this updated Second Edition, which features new or expanded material on: oxyanion derivatives of cuprates, mercury cuprates, lodder compounds, and new oxide systems; giant magnetoresistance, superconductivity, and nonlinear materials; and recently developed synthetic strategies and examples, including soft chemistry routes.

"Provides an introduction to inorganic materials synthesis. Covers common reactions employed in synthesis, ceramic procedures, decomposition of precursor compounds, combustion synthesis, arc and skull methods, reactions at high pressures, mechanochemical methods, use of microwaves, soft chemistry routes, topochemical reactions, intercalation chemistry, Ion-exchange methods of fluxes, sol-gel synthesis, electrochemical methods, hydro-, solvo- and iono-thermal methods, nebulized spray pyrolysis, CVD and ALD, nanomaterials, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, graphene-like layered structures, materials, metal borides, carbides and nitrides, metal oxides and chalcogenides, metal fluorides, metal silicides, phosphides, intergrowth structures, metal-rich compounds and intermetallics, superconducting compounds, and porous materials, including meal-organic frameworks"--

Festschrift honoring Sivaraj Ramaseshan, b. 1923, Indian scientist.