SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS A comprehensive treatment of solid state chemistry
complete with supplementary material and full colour illustrations from a leading expert in the
field. Solid State Chemistry and its Applications Second Edition delivers an advanced version
of West's classic text in solid state chemistry expanding on the undergraduate Student Edition
to present a comprehensive treatment of solid state chemistry suitable for advanced students
and researchers. The book provides the reader with an up-to-date account of essential topics in
solid state chemistry and recent developments in this rapidly developing field of inorganic
chemistry. Significant updates and new content in this second edition include: * A more
extensive overview of important families of inorganic solids including spinels perovskites
pyrochlores garnets Ruddlesden-Popper phases and many more * New methods to synthesise
inorganic solids including sol-gel methods combustion synthesis atomic layer deposition
spray pyrolysis and microwave techniques * Advances in electron microscopy X-ray and electron
spectroscopies * New developments in electrical properties of materials including high Tc
superconductivity lithium batteries solid oxide fuel cells and smart windows * Recent
developments in optical properties including fibre optics solar cells and transparent
conducting oxides * Advances in magnetic properties including magnetoresistance and
multiferroic materials * Homogeneous and heterogeneous ceramics characterization using
impedance spectroscopy * Thermoelectric materials MXenes low dimensional structures
memristors and many other functional materials * Expanded coverage of glass including metallic
and fluoride glasses cement and concrete geopolymers refractories and structural ceramics *
Overview of binary oxides of all the elements their structures properties and applications
Featuring full color illustrations throughout readers will also benefit from online
supplementary materials including access to CrystalMaker(r) software and over 100 interactive
crystal structure models. Perfect for advanced students seeking a detailed treatment of solid
state chemistry this new edition of Solid State Chemistry and its Applications will also earn
a place as a desk reference in the libraries of experienced researchers in chemistry
crystallography physics and materials science.
