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Book SynopsisAwarded the 2009 Olle Prize! The field of coordination polymer research has undergone rapid expansion in recent years. No longer are these materials the vaguely defined ''insoluble material'' at the bottom of your vessel that spell death for your reaction. They have gone from ''polymeric rubbish'' to ''materials of the future''. Great leaps in the deliberate design of coordination polymers were made in the 1990s. These were allied with similar advances in related areas such as organic crystal engineering, metallosupramolecular chemistry and X-ray diffraction. No longer did we assemble things atom by atom. Whole molecules were used as building blocks and new materials were made. This is the first book to provide a broad overview of all the major facets of coordination polymer research in one place. It combines chapters on nets and interpenetration with wide-ranging surveys of transition metal and lanthanoid coordination polymers and their properties. The aim is to provide a flavour of e
Trade Review"Batten is on eof the world's leading experts in this area and not surprisingly the topic is beautifully and clearly presented.""...written in an easy-to-read, informal style....the book will be a valuable resource not only to those working in the field but also to the novice who is attempting to become acquainted with this burgeoning area of chemical research." * Chemistry in Australia, Vol 76, No 3 April 2009 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1: Nets; Chapter 2: Interpenetration; Chapter 3: Malleability; Chapter 4: Transition Metal Coordination Polymers; Chapter 5: Lanthanoid Coordination Polymers Organometallic Networks Inorganic-Organic Hybrids Magnetic Properties of Coordination Polymers Porous Coordination Polymers Acentric and Chiral Coordination Polymers Reactive Coordination Polymers Other Properties
