Beschreibung:
Structural chemistry often suffers from fragmented approach, progressing either from the aggregate state (crystallography vs isolated molecule structure), from the method of investigation (X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy, compressibility, etc.) or from the type of substances (inorganic, organometallic, organic). The present book attempts to bridge these gaps, linking the properties of atoms, radicals, molecules, clusters, nano-particles, liquids, solutions, melts, glasses and crystalline solids. Geometrical structure is considered in its indissoluble unity with energetic properties and polarisability (and hence optical properties), using electronegativity as a unifying concept.
1. Atom. - 2. Chemical bond. - 3. "Small" molecule. - 4. Intermolecular forces. - 5. Crystal structure - idealised. - 6. Crystal structure - real. - 7. Amorphous state. - 8. Between molecule and solid. - 9. Phase transitions. - 10. Extreme conditions. - 11. Structure and optical properties.