Turning points in solid-state, materials and surface science : a book in celebration of the life and work of Sir John Meurig Thomas /: a book in celebration of the life and work of Sir John Meurig Thomas. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kenneth D.M. Harris, Peter P. Edwards.
• Other Names: Thomas, J. M (John Meurig); Harris, Kenneth D. M; Edwards, P. P (Peter P.)
• Contents: Chapter 1: Voyages with the Master-- Chapter 2: Multifaceted studies of zeolites and other catalytic materials-- Chapter 3: The deductive approach to chemistry, a paradigm shift-- Chapter 4: Future energy materials-- Chapter 5: Structure diversity and potential applications of metal-organic coordination polymers-- Chapter 6: Elucidating crystal growth in nanoporous materials: the importance of microscopy-- Chapter 7: Exploration of new porous solids in the search for adsorbents and catalysts-- Chapter 8: Concerning the solid state packing of [(ButCO2)3M2]2(?-9, 10-anthracene-dicarboxylate) compounds (M = Mo or W) and other matters-- Chapter 9: High pressure and high temperature oxidation in the IrSr2RECu2O8 family of cuprates: the disordered multiple perovskite (A1/3A'2/3)(B1/3B'2/3)O3-x phases: Chapter 10: Melting and amorphisation-- Chapter 11: Computer modelling and solid state chemistry-- Chapter 12: Towards a catalogue of designer zeolites-- Chapter 13: Discovering new crystal architectures-- Chapter 14: Chemical modulations in Pb-Bi-sulphosalts: a glimpse at minerals in solid-state chemistry-- Chapter 15: Complexity -- in the eye of the beholder-- Chapter 16: Synthesis and characterization of Zn-T-sites in mazzite-- Chapter 17: Anything protons do, muons do better!-- Chapter 18: Molecular cohesion and the structure of organic crystals-- Chapter 19: Aperiodicity in organic materials-- Chapter 20: From the synthesis of acetylenic natural products to seeing the light with polymers-- Chapter 21: Molecular recognition within one-dimensional channels-- Chapter 22: FTIR study of short range mobility in some crystalline peroxides: solid-state rotational isomerism of CO2-- Chapter 23: From "Nature" to an adventure in single site epoxidation catalysis-- Chapter 24: A comparison between enzymes and solid state catalysts-- Chapter 25: Zeolite modelling: active sites in different framework structures and in different crystallographic positions-- Chapter 26: Magnetic resonance imaging: a new window on the catalyst operating in the reactor environment-- Chapter 27: Dissociative chemisorption of hydrogen chloride at Cu(110): atom resolved time-dependent evidence for transient states in the formation of the "final state" stable chloride overlayer-- Chapter 28: Recent advances in single-site photocatalytic solids constructed within microporous and mesoporous materials-- Chapter 29: Structural organization of catalytic functions in Mo-based selective oxidation catalysts-- Chapter 30: Designing active sites at surfaces -- from tightly bound to loosely anchored-- Chapter 31: Polynuclear transition metal cluster complexes containing tin ligands: precursors to new heterogeneous nano-catalysts-- Chapter 32: Selective oxidation using gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles-- Chapter 33: Electronic factors in hydrocarbon oxidation catalysis-- Chapter 34: The importance of selectivity in ammoxidation catalysis-- Chapter 35: The mysteries of water in catalysts preparation: solvent or much more?-- Chapter 36: Solid acid microporous H-SAPO-34: from early studies to perspectives-- Chapter 37: Strategically designed single-site heterogeneous catalysts for clean technology, green chemistry and sustainable development-- Chapter 38: Catalysis by Lewis acids: basic principles for highly stereoselective heterogeneously-catalyzed cyclization reactions-- Chapter 39: Recent advances in the XPS spectra of non-conductors-- Chapter 40: Electron microscopy studies of structural modulations in micro- and meso-porous crystals-- Chapter 41: Extrapolating from fifty years of dislocation imaging -- reaching into the core-- Chapter 42: Turning points in understanding the emission of brilliant light from highly defective GaN-based materials and devices-- Chapter 43: Electron tomography: a 3D view of catalysts and nanoscale structures-- Chapter 44: Nano and mesoporous materials: a study by HREM-- Chapter 45: In situ direct observation at atomic scale twinning transformations and the formation of carbon nanostructures in WC-- Chapter 46: A survey of the Bi2O3 -- MoO3 binary system-- Chapter 47: The surface structure of nanoparticulate systems studied by aberration-corrected analytical electron microscopy.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 909 pages), illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
• Subjects: 541.0421; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science; Solids -- Surfaces; Solid state chemistry; Surface chemistry; Catalysts; SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical; Catalysts; Solid state chemistry; Solids -- Surfaces; Surface chemistry; Surface chemistry & adsorption; Materials science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847558183; 1847558186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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