Turning points in solid-state, materials and surface state : a book in celebration of the life and work of Sir John Meurig Thomas

The scientific exploration of solid materials represents one of the most important, fascinating and rewarding areas of scientific endeavour in the present day, not only from the viewpoint of advancing fundamental understanding but also from the industrial perspective, given the immense diversity of applications of solid materials across the full range of commercial sectors. Turning Points in Solid-State, Materials and Surface Science provides a state-of-the-art survey of some of the most important recent developments across the spectrum of solid-state, materials and surface sciences, while at the same time reflecting on key turning points in the evolution of this scientific discipline and projecting into the directions for future research progress. The book serves as a timely tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS, who has made monumental contributions to this field of science throughout his distinguished 50-year career in research, during which he has initiated, developed and exploited many important branches of this field. Indeed, the depth and breadth of his contributions towards the evolution and advancement of this scientific discipline, and his critical role in elevating this field to the important position that it now occupies within modern science, are demonstrated recurrently throughout the chapters of this book. Individual chapters are contributed by internationally leading experts in their respective fields, and the topics covered include solid-state chemistry of inorganic and organic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, surface science and materials science, with one section of the book focusing on modern developments in electron microscopy and its contributions to chemistry and materials science. The book serves as a modern and up-to-date monograph in these fields, and provides a valuable resource to researchers in academia and industry who require a comprehensive source of information on this important and rapidly developing subject.

Ahmed H. ZewailAnthony K. CheethamMartin JansenPeter P. Edwards and Vladimir L. KuznetsovJiesheng Chen and Ruren XuMichael W. Anderson and L. Itzel Meza and Jonathan R. Agger and Martin P. Attfield and Maryam Shöâeè and Chin B. Chong and Ayako Umemura and Colin S. CundyPaul A. Wright and Wuzong ZhouMalcolm H. Chisholm and Matthew J. Byrnes and Ajatshatru Mehta and Patrick M. WoodwardA. J. Dos Santos-Garcia and G. Heymann and H. Huppertz and M. Á. Alario-FrancoG. Neville GreavesC. Richard A. Catlow and Said Hamad and Devis Di Tommaso and Alexey A. Sokol and Scott M. WoodleyM. M. J. Treacy and M. D. Foster and I. RivinFilipe A. Almeida Paz and Dorota Majda and Robert G. Bell and Jacek KlinowskiAllan Pring and Cristiana L. CiobanuSven LidinDavid E. W. Vaughan and Ingrid J. Pickering and Graham N. George and Jeffrey R. ShallenbergerE. A. DavisJack D. Dunitz and A. GavezzottiKenneth D. M. HarrisAndrew B. Holmes and Paul L. Burn and Arno Kraft and Jonathan M. White and Wallace W. H. WongMark D. HollingsworthJ. Michael McBride and Kevin L. PateHendrikus C. L. Abbenhuis and Rutger A. van SantenRobert J. P. WilliamsJoachim SauerL. F. Gladden and B. S. Akpa and L. D. Anadon and C. P. Dunckley and M. H. M. Lim and M. D. Mantle and A. J. SedermanA. F. Carley and P. R. Davies and K. R. Harikumar and R. V. Jones and M. Wyn RobertsMasakazu Anpo and Masaya MatsuokaMasahiro Sadakane and Wataru UedaThomas MaschmeyerRichard D. Adams and Burjor CaptainGraham J. HutchingsJerzy HaberRobert K. GrasselliMichael CheLeonardo Marchese and Gloria Berlier and Salvatore ColucciaRobert RajaMercedes Boronat and Avelino Corma and Michael RenzG. Michael Bancroft and H. W. Nesbitt and V. P. Zakaznova-Herzog and J. S. TseOsamu Terasaki and Tetsu Ohsuna and Zheng Liu and Yasuhiro Sakamoto and Keiichi Miyasaka and Nobuhisa Fujita and Nozomu Togashi and Shunai CheArchie HowieColin J. HumphreysPaul A. MidgleyJosé M. Gonzalez-Calbet and M. Luisa Ruiz-González and Maria Vallet-RegiPratibha L. Gai and C. C. Torardi and E. D. BoyesDouglas J. ButtreyRik Brydson and Andy BrownJohn Meurig ThomasDavid BuckinghamJohn WaterlowJohn D. RobertsRalph KohnGilbert SloanMartin PopeStan MooreGari OwenS. RamdasAngus KirklandBrian JohnsonDavid JeffersonGordon M. ParkinsonBill Jones

Curriculum Vitae, Awards and Honours of Sir John Meurig Thomas	p. xx
Contributors	p. xxv
Introduction
Chapter 1 Voyages with the Master	p. 3
Section A Inorganic Solid State Chemistry (Nanoporous Solids, Complex Oxides, Zeolites, Minerals, Non-Stoichiometry, Computation and Modelling)
Chapter 2 Multifaceted Studies of Zeolites and Other Catalytic Materials	p. 13
Chapter 3 The Deductive Approach to Chemistry, a Paradigm Shift	p. 22
Chapter 4 Future Energy Materials: Three Challenges for Materials Chemistry	p. 51
Chapter 5 Structural Diversity and Potential Applications of Metal-Organic Coordination Polymers	p. 76
Chapter 6 Elucidating Crystal Growth in Nanoporous Materials: The Importance of Microscopy	p. 95
Chapter 7 Exploration of New Porous Solids in the Search for Adsorbents and Catalysts	p. 123
Chapter 8 Concerning the Solid State Packing of [(ButCO2)3M2]2 (¿-9, 10-anthracenedicarboxylate) Compounds (M = Mo or W) and Other Matters	p. 138
Chapter 9 High Pressure and High Temperature Oxidation in the IrSr2RECu2O8 Family of Cuprates: The Disordered Multiple Perovskite (A1/3 A'2/3) (B1/3 B'2/3)O3-x Phases	p. 151
Chapter 10 Melting and Amorphisation	p. 165
Chapter 11 Computer Modelling in Solid-State Chemistry	p. 180
Chapter 12 Towards a Catalogue of Designer Zeolites	p. 208
Chapter 13 Discovering New Crystal Architectures	p. 221
Chapter 14 Chemical Modulations in Pb-Bi Sulfosalts: A Glimpse at Minerals in Solid-State Chemistry	p. 239
Chapter 15 Complexity: In the Eye of the Beholder (This Beholder is a Crystallographer)	p. 250
Chapter 16 Synthesis and Characterization of Zn-T-Sites in Mazzite	p. 258
Chapter 17 Anything Protons Do, Muons Do Better!	p. 271
Section B Organic Solid State Chemistry
Chapter 18 Molecular Cohesion and the Structure of Organic Crystals	p. 285
Chapter 19 Aperiodicity in Organic Materials	p. 302
Chapter 20 From the Synthesis of Acetylenic Natural Products to Seeing the Light with Polymers	p. 334
Chapter 21 Molecular Recognition within One-Dimensional Channels	p. 346
Chapter 22 FTIR Study of Short Range Mobility in Some Crystalline Peroxides: Solid-State Rotational Isomerism of CO2	p. 362
Section C Solid Catalysts, Surface and Materials Science
Chapter 23 From 'Nature' to an Adventure in Single-Site Epoxidation Catalysis	p. 385
Chapter 24 A Comparison between Enzymes and Solid State Catalysts	p. 396
Chapter 25 Zeolite Modelling: Active Sites in Different Framework Structures and in Different Crystallographic Positions	p. 441
Chapter 26 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Window on the Catalyst Operating in the Reactor Environment	p. 457
Chapter 27 Dissociative Chemisorption of Hydrogen Chloride at Cu(110): Atom-Resolved Time-Dependent Evidence for Transient States in the Formation of the "Final State" Stable Chloride Overlayer	p. 479
Chapter 28 Recent Advances in Single-Site Photocatalysts Constructed within Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	p. 492
Chapter 29 Structural Organization of Catalytic Functions in Mo-Based Selective Oxidation Catalysts	p. 507
Chapter 30 Designing Active Sites for Surfaces: From Tightly Bound to Loosely Anchored	p. 519
Chapter 31 Polynuclear Transition Metal Cluster Complexes Containing Tin Ligands: Precursors to New Heterogeneous Nano-Catalysts	p. 534
Chapter 32 Selective Oxidation Using Gold and Gold-Palladium Nanoparticles	p. 550
Chapter 33 Electronic Factors in Hydrocarbon Oxidation Catalysis	p. 568
Chapter 34 The Importance of Selectivity in Ammoxidation Catalysis	p. 577
Chapter 35 The Mysteries of Water in Catalyst Preparation: Solvent or Much More?	p. 588
Chapter 36 Solid Acid Microporous H-SAPO-34: From Early Studies to Perspectives	p. 604
Chapter 37 Strategically Designed Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts for Clean Technology, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development	p. 623
Chapter 38 Catalysis by Lewis Acids: Basic Principles for Highly Stereoselective Heterogeneously Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions	p. 639
Chapter 39 Recent Advances in XPS of Non-Conductors	p. 651
Section D Electron Microscopy and its Contribution to Chemistry and Material Science
Chapter 40 Electron Microscopy Studies of Structural Modulation in Micro- and Meso-Porous Crystals	p. 667
Chapter 41 Extrapolating from Fifty Years of Dislocation Imaging-Reaching into the Core	p. 687
Chapter 42 Turning Points in Understanding the Emission of Brilliant Light from Highly Defective GaN-Based Materials and Devices	p. 698
Chapter 43 Electron Tomography: A 3D View of Catalysts and Nanoscale Structures	p. 711
Chapter 44 Nano and Mesoporous Materials: A Study by HREM	p. 727
Chapter 45 In Situ Direct Observation at Atomic Scale Twinning Transformations and the Formation of Carbon Nanostructures in WC	p. 745
Chapter 46 A Survey of the Bi2O3-MoO3 Binary System	p. 754
Chapter 47 An Investigation of the Surface Structure of Nanoparticulate Systems Using Analytical Electron Microscopes Corrected for Spherical Aberration	p. 778
Chapter 48 Design and Chance in My Scientific Research	p. 795
Appendices: Tributes to Sir John Meuring Thomas
Appendix 1 Tribute to John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	p. 853
Appendix 2 John Meurig Thomas and the Royal Institution	p. 855
Appendix 3 Sir John Meurig Thomas: An Unforgettable Person	p. 856
Appendix 4 John Meurig Thomas on His 75th Birthday	p. 858
Appendix 5 Remembering a Period of Work with Sir John Meurig Thomas	p. 861
Appendix 6 Reflections on John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	p. 863
Appendix 7 Bangor 1966-1969; Aberystwyth 1969-1973; Some Fond Reflections	p. 866
Appendix 8 Aberystwyth 1970-1973. Reflections and Lessons Learnt	p. 868
Appendix 9 Molecular Modelling Input to Organic Solid State and Zeolite Chemistry: Reminiscences (1975-84)	p. 872
Appendix 10 Reflections of a Cambridge Undergraduate	p. 876
Appendix 11 Sir John Meurig Thomas	p. 879
Appendix 12 Getting the Details Correct	p. 881
Appendix 13 Tribute to Sir John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	p. 883
Appendix 14 Solid State Chemistry and the Edward Davies Chemical Laboratories	p. 885
Subject Index	p. 887

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