Crystal Engineering The Design and Application of Functional Solids [Hardcover]

Crystal engineers need an understanding of bonding theory, computational chemistry, applied spectroscopy, structural methods, synthesis strategies, and applications of custom-designed solids. This book contains chapters on all these topics, written by internationally recognized experts, plus contributions from leading researchers in the field.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9-20 September 1996This is the book of the ftrst ever International meeting dedicated entirely to Crystal th th Engineering, which occurred during 9 _20 September, 1996. It is thus entirely appropriate that it was a NATO Advanced Science Institute, and that the speakers represented the ofthe presentations, the good leading lights in the fteld from around the world. The quality humour of the speakers, the responsive, interactative audience, the wonderful setting, the outstanding food and the occasional hurricane all added up to two of the most enjoyable weeks of science that we have ever experienced (and for the organisers to actually enjoy a meeting must indeed be a rare event!). The artides in this book will give the reader a flavour of the science - a sense of the excitement of a group of people in at the foundation of a fledgling area - avision of the scientiftc breadth ofthe subject. What they fail to do, not surprisingly, is to capture the camaraderie, goodwill and intellectual flow of the meeting. This will be remembered by all who attended for a very long time, and marked this meeting, at least in our varied experiences, as unique. But its success lies not with organisers, but despite them.Preface. Crystal Engineering: A Case Study; K.R. Seddon. The Chemical Bond in Molecules and Solids; R.M. Lynden-Bell. Intermolecular Forces: Their Origin, Strength and Significance; A.D. Buckingham. Molecular Mechanics and Crystal Engineering; C.B. Aaker?y, R.E. Boyett. Developing a Semiempirical Method; J.J.P. Steward, A.C. lS$