Chemical bonds in solids

Application of ligand field spectroscopy to problems of chemical bonding in solids. D. Reinen, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1971,10, 901-909 (30). 

Burdett, J.K. Chemical Bonding in Solids Oxford University Press, New York,... 

Molecular Orbital Theory and Chemical Bonding in Solids... 

MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY AND CHEMICAL BONDING IN SOLIDS... 

Burdett J (ed) (1995) Chemical bonding in solids. Oxford University Press, Oxford... 

A polymer chain has an enormous number of chemical bonds. For this, in the solution and amorphous states the NMR chemical shifts of polymers are often the averaged values for all of the possible conformations because of rapid interconversion by rotation about chemical bonds. In solids, however, chemical shifts are often characteristic of specific conformations because of strongly restricted rotation about the bonds. The NMR chemical shift is affected by a change of the electronic structure through the structural change(2). Solid state NMR chemical... 

M. Ladd, Chemical Bonding in Solids and Fluids, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 1994. 

Burdett, J. K. (1995). Chemical Bonding in Solids. New York Oxford University Press. A high-level book on solid-state theory. 

J. K. Burdett, Prog. Solid State Chem., 1984, 15, 173 J. K. Burdett, Chemical Bonding in Solids , Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. 

Figure 2-5 A computer reconstruction of the surface of a sample of silicon, as observed with a scanning tunnelling electron microscope (STM), reveals the regular pattern of individual silicon atoms. Many important reactions occur on the surfaces of solids. Observations of the atomic arrangements on surfaces help chemists understand such reactions. New information available using the STM will give many details about chemical bonding in solids.

Chemical Bonding in Solids by J. K. Burdett, Oxford University Press, Oxford England, 1995. One of the key features that I enjoy in looking at the work of both Hoffmann and Burdett is their willingness to confront systems not only with a high level of structural complexity, but chemical complexity as well. 

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