Transition Metal Oxides: Structure, Properties, and Synthesis of Ceramic Oxides, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-18971-8
Hardcover
392 pages
March 1998
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STRUCTURE.
Basic Background Material.
Mother Structures of Some Binary Transition Metal Oxides.
Perovskites and Relatives.
Octahedral Tunnel Structures: Bronzes and Bronzoids.
Octahedral Intersecting Tunnel Structures: Pyrochlores and Relatives.
Octahedral Lamellar Oxides.
Close-Packed Oxides: Spinels, Hexagonal Ferrites, and Relatives.
Three-Dimensional Mixed Frameworks Involving Tetrahedra and Octahedra.
Examples of Unusual Coordination: The Vanadium Oxides.
Sheer Structures.
The Highly Complex Structural Behavior of Transition Metal Oxides.
PROPERTIES AND PHENOMENA.
Electrons in Transition Metal Oxides.
Properties of Oxide Materials.
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Oxides in Relation to Structure.
Mixed Valence.
Metal-Nonmetal Transitions.
Low-Dimensional Oxides.
Superconducting Oxides.
Ferroics.
Results from Empirical Theory.
Understanding Electronic Structures from Electron Spectroscopy Combined with Empirical Theory.
Giant Magnetoresistance and Related Aspects.
Nanomaterials.
Catalysts and Gas Sensors.
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS.
Typical Reactions.
Ceramic Preparations.
Use of Precursors.
Topochemical and Intercalation Reactions.
Ion Exchange Method.
Alkali Flux and Electrochemical Methods.
Sol-Gel Method.
Reactions at High Pressures.
Superconducting Cuprates.
Arc and Skull Techniques.
Soft Chemical Routes.
Crystal Growth.
Concluding Remarks.
References.
Index.
Basic Background Material.
Mother Structures of Some Binary Transition Metal Oxides.
Perovskites and Relatives.
Octahedral Tunnel Structures: Bronzes and Bronzoids.
Octahedral Intersecting Tunnel Structures: Pyrochlores and Relatives.
Octahedral Lamellar Oxides.
Close-Packed Oxides: Spinels, Hexagonal Ferrites, and Relatives.
Three-Dimensional Mixed Frameworks Involving Tetrahedra and Octahedra.
Examples of Unusual Coordination: The Vanadium Oxides.
Sheer Structures.
The Highly Complex Structural Behavior of Transition Metal Oxides.
PROPERTIES AND PHENOMENA.
Electrons in Transition Metal Oxides.
Properties of Oxide Materials.
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Oxides in Relation to Structure.
Mixed Valence.
Metal-Nonmetal Transitions.
Low-Dimensional Oxides.
Superconducting Oxides.
Ferroics.
Results from Empirical Theory.
Understanding Electronic Structures from Electron Spectroscopy Combined with Empirical Theory.
Giant Magnetoresistance and Related Aspects.
Nanomaterials.
Catalysts and Gas Sensors.
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS.
Typical Reactions.
Ceramic Preparations.
Use of Precursors.
Topochemical and Intercalation Reactions.
Ion Exchange Method.
Alkali Flux and Electrochemical Methods.
Sol-Gel Method.
Reactions at High Pressures.
Superconducting Cuprates.
Arc and Skull Techniques.
Soft Chemical Routes.
Crystal Growth.
Concluding Remarks.
References.
Index.