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This textbook provides a current and comprehensive coverage of all major topics of inorganic chemistry in a single source. It includes an analysis of the sources and preparations of the elements, their common compounds, their aqueous speciation, and their applications, while it also discusses reaction pathways and mechanisms. It includes up-to-date material, supported by over 4000 references to the original literature and to recent reviews that provide more detailed information. The material is accompanied by over 250 figures and three-dimensional representations, based on published structural details. Each chapter has worked examples and problems, with multiple inserts describing topical issues related to the material in the text. The textbook provides the instructor with a wide range of areas that can be selected to meet the background and interests of the students, while selected chapters are relevant to courses on more specialized topics, such as inorganic materials, bioinorganic chemistry, and nanomaterials. The intended readers are students, lecturers, and researchers who need a source for the current status of the area.

This book covers a variety of subjects about high-temperature superconductors. I will start with fundamental and historical contexts, as well as explain key properties associated with superconductivity. The general theory of high-temperature conductors is also well discussed in this book. It explores the theoretical frameworks and models used to understand the behaviour of these materials at high temperatures. The chemistry behind these materials is also discussed. This book investigates the composition, structure, and electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors, highlighting the interplay between chemical factors and superconducting behaviour. The materials aspects of high-temperature superconductors for practical applications is another interesting topic which is well explored in this book. This includes engineering considerations, including the design, fabrication, and characterization of superconducting materials, with a specific focus on their potential applications in various fields. In addition, practical applications of high-temperature superconductors are covered. Finally, synthesis and fabrication techniques employed in the manufacturing of these materials are fully discussed. This book in fact brings together a diverse group of experts in the field of high-temperature superconductivity providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the chemistry and applications of high-temperature superconductors. It can be used as a reference or textbook for students, researchers, engineers, and those who are interested in the topic

Aimed primarily at experimental chemists, physicists, electronic engineers and material scientists interested in particulate and granular magnetic materials, this textbook is the culmination of over 40 years'research into the subject. The text is divided into two parts. Part One covers the basic physics of magnetism from a relatively low level, including an explanation of some of the unusual terminology in magnetism such as the idea of poles and flux, whose origins are little understood. The complexity of the unit systems in magnetism are also presented. Thereafter a brief review of the principles of domain theory is presented and thermal activation effects and their correct measurement are discussed in some detail. The topic of exchange bias, where an antiferromagnetic material is grown in intimate contact with a ferromagnet, is presented in significant detail reviewing old theories and numerical models but then focusing on what has become known as the York Model of Exchange Bias which is now universally accepted as the model which describes the behaviour of exchange bias systems when grown in the form of granular thin films. In Part Two a detailed description of ferrofluids is presented including a simple method for their preparation and the various engineering applications in vacuum seals, loudspeakers, sink float separation and the alignment of non-magnetic entities.A description is provided of the phenomenon of magnetic hyperthermia which is a developing technology with significant potential applications in medicinal therapies. Other applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine are also presented. An extensive discussion of magnetic information storage in conventional recording systems is described, including the brief history of the development of this technology whose scale is now enormous as most of the cloud computing systems in current use are based on hard drive technology.

Liquid crystals, with their unique properties bridging those of conventional liquids and solid crystals, pervade numerous aspects of our daily lives, from high-strength plastics to insect wings and even the mantles of neutron stars. This book delves into the unexplored aspects of liquid crystals, rigorously evaluating their potential applications in a scientific and systematic manner. It covers a wide range of topics, including radical liquid crystals, ionic liquids, nanoparticles, pyridinium salts, energy storage systems, lyotropic liquid crystals, photonic crystals, mesomorphic properties, and spatial light modulators. By exploring the various sub-fields of liquid crystals and their technological advancements, the book provides valuable insights into future implications and developments in this dynamic field. Whether discussing the functioning of LCD displays or the design of energy storage systems, this book offers comprehensive coverage of significant developments related to liquid crystals, making it an invaluable resource for readers with an interest in detail and a curiosity about the forefront of scientific innovation.

To understand phenomena in nature, it is important to focus not only on properties of stationary states, but also their changes in time, that is, the dynamics between bistable states. This book reviews the mechanics of first-order phase transitions and discusses relaxation and collapses of metastable states from various viewpoints, including Kramers'method for the lifetime of metastability, Langer's analysis on the singularity, effects of thermal fluctuation studied by Néel and Brown, and eigenvalue structures of the transfer-matrix for the phase transitions. The book also goes into the mechanics of metastability in quantum systems from the viewpoints of the eigenvalue problem of the Hamiltonian and the Liouvillian for a dynamical process and discusses relations between quantum tunneling processes and metastability therein. Lastly, the coercivity of magnets consisting of an ensemble of grains is reviewed. The book is beneficial for those new in the field as a primer on first-order phase transition from modern perspectives. The comprehensive content offers overviews of related topics and allows readers to quickly catch up with developments in the field.

Rare-earth borides have attracted continuous interest for more than half a century both from the point of view of fundamental condensed matter physics and for practical applications in various fields of engineering. They demonstrate a wealth of unusual electronic and magnetic properties that have been closely investigated in recent decades using advanced spectroscopies and state-of-the-art physical characterization methods. Authored by leading experts in the field, this book features a comprehensive collection of reviews offering a cutting-edge summary of the research on rare-earth borides from various viewpoints. It includes chapters on the growth and characterization of single-crystal and thin-film samples, detailed description of their lattice structure and dynamics, electronic and magnetic properties in the bulk and at the surface, low-temperature ordering phenomena, and theoretical and experimental description of the unusual spectroscopic properties from the perspective of modern x-ray and neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, and electron spin resonance. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the physics and chemistry of solids and low-temperature physics, especially to researchers and postgraduate students who study magnetic and electronic properties of rare-earth compounds.