Description
Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed examination of the relationships between characteristics of a molecular unit and the type of organization of molecular assemblies. It gathers all guidelines which can be found to help the persons who want to approach this problem.
Trade Review"[The authors] create a correlation between the structure of single molecules and the physical and chemical properties of the resulting materials." (SciTech Book News Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction: Systemic Chemistry.
Molecular Assemblies.
A Few Notions of Symmetry.
Supramolecular Engineering: Symmetry Aspects.
Symmetry and Physicochemical Properties: The Curie Principle.
Interactions and Organization in Molecular Media.
Molecular Semiconductors: Properties and Applications.
Molecular Dielectrics.
Industrial Applications of Molecular Materials.
Appendix 1: Main Symmetry Point Groups: Notation and Symbols.
Appendix 2: Tables of Characters of the Main Point Symmetry Groups.
Appendix 3: Group-Subgroup Relationships for the Crystallographic and Infinite Groups.
Appendix 4: Two-Dimensional (Monocolor) Space Groups.
Appendix 5: Isohedral Tilings.
Appendix 6: Isohedral Tilings Derived from the Topological Class [3^6].
Appendix 7: Isohedral Tilings Corresponding to a Given Site Symmetry.
Appendix 8: Piezoelectrical and Nonlinear Optical Tensor Coefficients.
Appendix 9: Irreducible Representations of the Group K_h.
Appendix 10: The Main Dyes and Pigments.
Index.
