Molecule-Based Materials

The properties of a given space. Many of these three-dimensional arrangements are described as "3D-nets" or "3D-networks". Molecule-Based Materials: The Structural Network Approach is about the physical properties of the materials. It introduces the mathematics, and includes a short guide to programs for retrieving, analysing and naming nets. Completed with illustrations and examples of the concept of coordination, and it is unique, well-seasoned students and researchers working in crystallography, inorganic or organic chemistry .

* Covers all aspects of molecule-based 3D nets, complete with 3D illustrations
* Contains summary tables of all nets
* Easy reading eliminates the need for background knowledge in crystallography or mathematics

Chapter 1. Introduction and a short dictionary of network terminology


Chapter 2. Why bother with nets?


Chapter 3. What is a net?


Chapter 4. Naming the nets and finding them

Chapter 5. The most common 3D-nets


Chapter 6. Three-connected nets


Chapter 7. Four-connected nets


Chapter 8. Nets with both three- and four-connected nodes


Chapter 9. Nets with higher connectivity than four


Chapter 10. Some mathematics related to 3D-nets


Chapter 11. Interpenetration - strategies and nomenclature


Chapter 12. 3D-nets as specific synthetic targets - Crystal Engineering


Chapter 13. Computational tools