Principles of Inorganic Materials Design
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: April 15, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780471434184
First sentence: The prefix meso- comes from the Greek mesos, meaning "intermediate" or "in the middle."
Description: "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."--Jacket.