Functional and Smart Materials : Structural Evolution and Structure Analysis

In the search for new functional materials, a clear understanding about the relationship between the physical properties and the atomic-scale structure of materials is needed. Here, the authors provide graduate students and scientists with an in-depth account of the evolutionary behavior of oxide functional materials within specific structural systems, discussing the intrinsic connections among these different structural systems. Over 300 illustrations and key appendices support the text. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Structure, Bonding, and Properties....Pages 9-69 Sodium Chloride and Rutile-Related Structure Systems....Pages 71-92 Perovskite and Related Structure Systems....Pages 93-149 Fluorite-Type and Related Structure Systems....Pages 151-222 From Structural Units to Materials Engineering via Soft Chemistry....Pages 223-257 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Electron Crystallography for Structure Analysis....Pages 261-339 Structure Analysis of Functional Materials....Pages 341-404 Chemical and Valence Structure Analysis of Functional Materials....Pages 405-470 Back Matter....Pages 471-514