Issue 10, 2016

Organised chaos: entropy in hybrid inorganic–organic systems and other materials

Abstract

Entropy is one of the fundamental quantities which links emerging research areas like flexibility and defect engineering in inorganic–organic hybrid materials. Additionally, a delicate balance between entropy and enthalpy can lead to intriguing temperature-driven transitions in such materials. Here, we briefly overview traditional material design principles, highlight the role of entropy in the past and discuss how computational methods can help us to understand and quantify entropic effects in inorganic–organic hybrid materials in the future.

Graphical abstract: Organised chaos: entropy in hybrid inorganic–organic systems and other materials

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
18 May 2016
Accepted
05 Jul 2016
First published
05 Jul 2016
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 6316-6324

Organised chaos: entropy in hybrid inorganic–organic systems and other materials

K. T. Butler, A. Walsh, A. K. Cheetham and G. Kieslich, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 6316 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC02199A

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