Mechanochemistry advantages

The goal here, of course, is to use the best set of characterization methods to evaluate the fundamentals of mechanochemistry. This can involve the evaluation of the various steps, their rates, and the reaction products. The advantages and disadvantages of these techniques in mechanochemistry are described here. The basic procedure are also referenced. 

The determination of is of particular value in studying mechanochemistry. One advantage is that the methods for number average molecular weight are generally independent of chemical composition. Compositional variations are a sizable problem in determinations for other moments of molecular weight. 

A second major advantage of determinations is that the number of ruptured bonds may be counted directly. The number of bond scissions in mechanochemistry is thus proportional to the change in 1/M . No other... 

Although isostructurality of components is often considered to be a very important factor in the synthesis of solid solutions, their formation via conventional solution-based methods is often hindered by the difference in solubility of individual components which leads to the preferential crystallization of separate components. The potential advantage of mechanochemistry for the construction of solid solutions of isostructural coordination polymers has been demonstrated by James and coworkers who constructed close-packed and open-framework materials by LAG reactions of rare earth metal carbonates and trimesic acid. In particular, LAG of each individual metal carbonate in the presence of water quantitatively yielded isostructural close-packed materials consisting of 1-D coordination polymers. In contrast, LAG with DMF resulted in the formation of isostructural lanthanide... 

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