This comprehensive textbook provides a modern, self-contained treatment for upper undergraduate and graduate level students. It emphasizes the links between structure, defects, bonding, and properties throughout, and provides an integrated treatment of a wide range of materials, including crystalline, amorphous, organic and nano- materials. Boxes on synthesis methods, characterization tools, and technological applications distil specific examples and support student understanding of materials and their design. The first six chapters cover the fundamentals of extended solids, while later chapters explore a specific property or class of material, building a coherent framework for students to master core concepts with confidence, and for instructors to easily tailor the coverage to fit their own single semester course. With mathematical details given only where they strengthen understanding, 400 original figures and over 330 problems for hands-on learning, this accessible textbook is ideal for courses in chemistry and materials science.
Industry Reviews
'This book will be invaluable to students, educators, and researchers studying inorganic materials chemistry. The breadth is impressive, with the fundamentals of the subject covered well, and followed by chapters that highlight optical, electronic, magnetic, porous, energy, and other applications of functional materials. Graduate-level problems on each topic support the educational aspects, and up-to-date case studies throughout make this an extremely useful resource for professional materials researchers.' Paul Attfield, University of Edinburgh
'Finally, we have a substantial textbook that addresses a gap in our teaching tools when it comes to solid state chemistry. This detailed work covers many fundamental aspects of solid state and materials chemistry at a level appropriate for students. A textbook of this type has been sought by advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty for some time, and will serve well in classes teaching this subject.' Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Northwestern University
'A readable, rigorous, and modern account of the fundamentals of solid state chemistry and materials' properties. This will be valuable for undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry. Questions commonly posed by students are well anticipated and the concepts are discussed with thoughtful clarity. I will certainly recommend it to my students.' Simon J. Clarke, University of Oxford
'This comprehensive textbook will become the essential standard for any course in solid state / materials chemistry from advanced undergraduate to beginning graduate levels. Space group symmetry, phase diagrams, electronic structure and properties of solids, defects and non-stoichiometry, and much more - it's all here in one volume instead of the myriad sources which I (and many others) used over the past 30+ years to cobble together a coherent course.' John Greedan, McMaster University
'This contemporary treatment of functional materials efficiently covers the fundamentals of solid state materials chemistry. Property-specific chapters inform readers of both the broader applications and pertinent scientific concepts of the most important classes of solid materials. The concise writing style, consistent incorporation of figures, and thoughtful variety of problems make this approachable textbook well suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.' Michael Lufaso, University of North Florida
'Solid State Materials Chemistry, at almost 700 pages, is both a textbook and an essential reference, intended primarily for advanced students of chemistry for use in upper-level graduate courses. The authors cover the entirety of modern inorganic structural chemistry and solid state chemistry. They have merged these two fields into a single comprehensive resource as Solid State Materials Chemistry.' Kenneth Poeppelmeier, Northwestern University
'A fascinating, authoritative, and truly modern book that fulfills a long-felt need; the kind of book that one acquires as an undergraduate and then uses as a text and reference for the rest of one's active career.' Ram Seshadri, University of California, Santa Barbara
'This excellent book provides a complete resource for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in the fascinating world of functional materials, and promises to become the go-to text for solid state chemistry courses. Each chapter contains numerous examples that demonstrate how the properties relate to the structure of the material, carefully linking theory with practice. The self-contained chapters allow readers to map their own journey.' Brendan Kennedy, University of Sydney
