Contents:

PartI:Background to Materials Chemistry 1
ch01:What is Materials Chemistry? 3
ch02:Fundamentals Principles that Underlie Materials Chemistry 15
ch03:Background Basic Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry 41
ch04:Chemistry of Representative Elements Utilized in Materials Science 61
ch05:Structure Determination and SpecialTechniques for Materials Characterization 85

PartII:
ch06:Small Molecules in Materials 111
ch07:Porous Solids 125
ch08:Ceramics Inorganic Glasses 143
ch09:Polymers:Fundamentals Aspects 181
ch10:Polymer Morphology and Fabrication 217