Chemistry of the defect solid state

Solid State Inorganic Chemistry

We aim to understand and exploit the factors (strain, composition, band structure etc.) that determine structure and function in the crystalline solid state. Our interest is in the balance between local crystal chemistry, strain and longer range order in a wide range of compositionally and/or displacively flexible crystalline solids. The principal experimental research tools used are solid stat...

The chemistry of solid-state electronics.

Since the original theoretical insights of Bardeen and Shockley about 40 years ago, the progress of solid-state electronics has been paced by the ability to control chemical bonding structures, particularly at surfaces and interfaces. The functioning of solid-state devices depends on being able to produce interfacial structures with a minimum number of defective chemical bonds. A series of chem...

Coordination chemistry in the solid state.

Solid-state chemistry of lithium power sources†

This article describes the solid-state chemistry of intercalation compounds that underpins a revolutionary new rechargeable lithium battery which has recently achieved phenomenal commercial success. The battery can store more than twice the energy compared with conventional alternatives of the same size and mass and holds the key to the future improvement of consumer electronic products (e.g. m...

Solid-State Chemistry with Nonmetal Nitrides

Among the nonmetal nitrides, the polymeric binary compounds B N and S i 3 N 4 are o f partic­ ular interest for the development of materials for high-performance applications. The out­ standing features o f both substances are their thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability, coupled with their low density. Because of their extremely low reactivity, boron and silicon nitride are hardly ever us...