Crystal Chemistry: From Basics Tools Materials Creation

Devoted to a diverse group of solid state scientists, the book has two objectives, both relating to structural Chemistry: (I) A progressive analytic familiarization with the Main parameters that govern the organization of crystallized matter and related crystal structures, (II) a study of what are the various ways to ‘read’ a structure far beyond its representation in scientific articles. Hence, the reader will, from numerous examples illustrated in color, analyze what are the main characteristics of these structures, from their geometric characteristics, their coordination polyhedra, their connection with the resulting dimensionality of these solids, including also the defects they exhibit, before looking at possibilities to classify structures, within which recurrence laws can emerge. Chemists are required to understand the potentials of a new structure for becoming future materials scientists.