Multifaceted Studies of Zeolites and Other Catalytic Materials
Future Energy Materials: Three Challenges for Materials Chemistry
Structural Diversity and Potential Applications of Metal–Organic Coordination Polymers
Exploration of New Porous Solids in the Search for Adsorbents and Catalysts
Melting and Amorphisation
Computer Modelling in Solid-State Chemistry
Towards a Catalogue of Designer Zeolites
Discovering New Crystal Architectures
Chemical Modulations in Pb–Bi Sulfosalts: A Glimpse at Minerals in Solid-State Chemistry
Complexity: In the Eye of the Beholder (This Beholder is a Crystallographer)
Molecular Cohesion and the Structure of Organic Crystals
Molecular Recognition within One-Dimensional Channels
From ‘Nature’ to an Adventure in Single-Site Epoxidation Catalysis
A Comparison between Enzymes and Solid State Catalysts
Zeolite Modelling: Active Sites in Different Framework Structures and in Different Crystallographic Positions
Structural Organization of Catalytic Functions in Mo-Based Selective Oxidation Catalysts
Designing Active Sites for Surfaces: From Tightly Bound to Loosely Anchored
Selective Oxidation Using Gold and Gold–Palladium Nanoparticles
The Importance of Selectivity in Ammoxidation Catalysis
The Mysteries of Water in Catalyst Preparation: Solvent or Much More?
Solid Acid Microporous H-SAPO-34: From Early Studies to Perspectives
Recent Advances in XPS of Non-Conductors
Extrapolating from Fifty Years of Dislocation Imaging – Reaching into the Core
Electron Tomography: A 3D View of Catalysts and Nanoscale Structures
Nano and Mesoporous Materials: A Study by HREM
John Meurig Thomas on His 75th Birthday
Molecular Modelling Input to Organic Solid State and Zeolite Chemistry: Reminiscences (1975–84)
Reflections of a Cambridge Undergraduate
Sir John Meurig Thomas
Getting the Details Correct
Subject Index
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The scientific exploration of solid materials represents one of the most important, fascinating and rewarding areas of scientific endeavour in the present day, not only from the viewpoint of advancing fundamental understanding but also from the industrial perspective, given the immense diversity of applications of solid materials across the full range of commercial sectors. Turning Points in Solid-State, Materials and Surface Science provides a state-of-the-art survey of some of the most important recent developments across the spectrum of solid-state, materials and surface sciences, while at the same time reflecting on key turning points in the evolution of this scientific discipline and projecting into the directions for future research progress. The book serves as a timely tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS, who has made monumental contributions to this field of science throughout his distinguished 50-year career in research, during which he has initiated, developed and exploited many important branches of this field. Indeed, the depth and breadth of his contributions towards the evolution and advancement of this scientific discipline, and his critical role in elevating this field to the important position that it now occupies within modern science, are demonstrated recurrently throughout the chapters of this book. Individual chapters are contributed by internationally leading experts in their respective fields, and the topics covered include solid-state chemistry of inorganic and organic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, surface science and materials science, with one section of the book focusing on modern developments in electron microscopy and its contributions to chemistry and materials science. The book serves as a modern and up-to-date monograph in these fields, and provides a valuable resource to researchers in academia and industry who require a comprehensive source of information on this important and rapidly developing subject.