Challenges and opportunities in solid-state chemistry*
Francis J. DiSalvo
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Abstract: We are largely unable to predict the composition and
crystal structure of new extended structure compounds. Yet we find that
as materials become more complex in stoichiometry and structure, new,
interesting, and perhaps useful, phenomena are encountered. The need
for improved experimental and theoretical approaches to seize more rapidly
the opportunities provided in this complexity is discussed.
* Plenary lecture presented at the 16th
IUPAC Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT-2000), Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada, 6-11 August 2000. Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp. 1799-1849.
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