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Principles of Inorganic Materials Design

Lalena, John N., Cleary, David

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"A unique interdisciplinary approach to inorganic materials design
Textbooks intended for the training of chemists in the inorganic materials field often omit many relevant topics. With its interdisciplinary approach, this book fills that gap by presenting concepts from chemistry, physics, materials science, metallurgy, and ceramics in a unified treatment targeted towards the chemistry audience. Semiconductors, metal alloys and intermetallics, as well as ceramic substances are covered. Accordingly, the book should also be useful to students and working professionals in a variety of other disciplines.
This book discusses a number of topics that are pertinent to the design of new inorganic materials but are typically not covered in standard solid-state chemistry books. The authors start with an introduction to structure at the mesoscopic level and progress to smaller-length scales. Next, detailed consideration is given to both phenomenological and atomistic-level descriptions of transport properties, the metal-nonmetal transition, magnetic and dielectric properties, optical properties, and mechanical properties. Finally, the authors present introductions to phase equilibria, synthesis, and nanomaterials.
Other features include:
* Worked examples demonstrating concepts unfamiliar to the chemist
* Extensive references to related literature, leading readers to more in-depth coverage of particular topics
* Biographies introducing the reader to great contributors to the field of inorganic materials science in the twentieth century
With their interdisciplinary approach, the authors have set the groundwork for communication and understanding among professionals in varied disciplines who are involved with inorganic materials engineering. Armed with this publication, students and researchers in inorganic and physical chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering will be better equipped to face today's complex design challenges. This textbook is appropriate for senior-level undergraduate and graduate course work."

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Title of ebook: Principles of Inorganic Materials Design
ISBN: 9780471714880
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Internet download file size: 23939 kb
Pages: 440
Released online for download: 04-29-2005
Author of eBook: Lalena, John N.
Author of eBook: Cleary, David

Principles of Inorganic Materials Design

Chapter One

The Mesoscale

The prefix meso- comes from the Greek mesos, meaning "intermediate" or "in the middle." Materials scientists and engineers describe the structure of a substance at four different length scales: macroscopic > mesocopic > microscopic > molecular/ nano level. Sometimes the labels for the two intermediate levels are interchanged. To avoid confusion in this textbook, we group these two levels into one "meso" length scale between the nano- and macroscopic levels.

Before the advent of X-ray diffractometry, mineralogists could only visually examine crystals. An entire classification scheme was developed and still in use today for describing a single crystal's external morphology, or macroscopic appearance. One or more of 47 possible forms are usually apparent in the morphology. A form is a collection of symmetry-equi ... read full excerpt from Principles of Inorganic Materials Design ebook