Essentials of Inorganic Materials Synthesis [Hardcover]

This compact handbook describes all the important methods of synthesis employed today for synthesizing inorganic materials.

Some features:

• Focuses on modern inorganic materials with applications in nanotechnology, energy materials, and sustainability
• Synthesis is a crucial component of materials science and technology; this book provides a simple introduction as well as an updated description of methods
• Written in a very simple style, providing references to the literature to get details of the methods of preparation when required

Author Biographies vii

Preface ix

1 Introduction 1

2 Common Reactions Employed in Synthesis 7

2.1 Soft-Chemistry Routes, 12

3 Ceramic Methods 17

4 Decomposition of Precursor Compounds 23

5 Combustion Synthesis 33

6 Arc and Skull Methods 37

7 Reactions at High Pressures 41

8 Mechanochemical and Sonochemical Methods 47

8.1 Mechanochemistry, 47

8.2 Sonochemistry, 50

9 Use of Microwaves 53

10 Soft Chemistry Routes 57

10.1 Topochemical Reactions, 57

10.2 Intercalation Chemistry, 64

10.3 Ion Exchange Reactions, 73

10.4 Use of Fluxes, 78

10.5 Sol–Gel Synthesis, 81

10.6 Electrochemical Methods, 86

10.7 Hydrothermal, Solvothermal and Ionothermal Synthesis, 90

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