Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 235 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition February 24, 1995
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521477301
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521477307
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 12.8 ounces
Product Review
From reviews of the First Edition
"Recommended as great reading for those interested in the properies of organic solids." M. P. Hanson, Choice
From reviews of the First Edition
"This book is an great introduction to the field of physics and chemistry of molecular crystals and methods of research.this book may play an important role in the formation of molecular electronics, being developed by the efforts of physicists and chemists." Vladmir R. Belosludov, Materials Research Bulletin
Product Description
This book describes the chemical and physical structure of molecular crystals, their optical and electronic properties, and the reactions between neighboring molecules in crystals. In the second edition, the author has taken into account research that has undergone extremely rapid development since the first edition was published in 1987. For instance, he gives extensive coverage to the applications of molecular materials in high-technology devices (e.g. optical communications, laser printers, photocopiers, liquid crystal displays, solar cells, and more). There is also an entirely new chapter on the recently discovered Buckminsterfullerene carbon molecule (C60) and organic non-linear optic materials.
Reader ReviewsChemists play with molecules. They synthesize them ex-novo or they extract them from natural sources. The next step concerns their characterization in the gas-phase, solution, and solid-state. The latter is the playground of chemical crystallographers who are employing single-crystal x-ray diffraction methods to determine the 3D structure of molecules. Applications with molecular crystals, however, are not restricted to chemists but do include also the work of physicists, engineers, and materials scientists. Let us think, for example, about non-linear optical materials and organic electronics. Molecular crystals research is quite interdisciplinary a field and exploits all the available theoretical and experimental means so far developed by research scientists. The book of Wright presents an excellent and concise overview of the field. It comprises ten chapters covering subjects such as crystal growth, intermolecular forces, packing, impurities, dynamics, optical, electrical, and chemical properties. Figures (in B
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