Read more
Mechanochemistry is being heralded as a transformation for green and sustainable chemistry by allowing materials and molecules to be synthesized without need for solvent and both more quickly and in higher yields than conventional solution methods. The continued development of mechanochemistry therefore promises to revolutionize the chemical industry and help to tackle global environmental challenges. The potential applications of mechanochemistry are growing rapidly, catalyzed by the growing diversity of scientists entering the field. Therefore, it is crucial to give newcomers to the field a clear overview of the key features of mechanochemistry, many of which seemingly contradict the conventional rules of chemistry.
Introduction to the Mechanochemistry of Solids provides an outline of the fundamental principles of mechanochemistry in relation to solid-state reactivity as much-needed point of introduction to the field, allowing readers to achieve a better understanding of the processes that take place in a mechanoreactor during and after mechanical action. The book tackles the following key questions:
- How and why can mechanical treatment help when solution chemistry fails?
- Why might different sample preparation be important for the outcome of mechanical treatment?
- Why does treatment in different devices and/or different protocols of mechanical treatment give different results?
- When and why does adding fluids matter?
- How can we know what happens in a mechanochemical reactor at the moment of treatment?
Introduction to the Mechanochemistry of Solids will help expedite the further development of mechanochemistry and achieve the full potential of this transformative technology in the modern world. It is written primarily for advanced undergraduate/early graduate level students and researchers with interest in solid-state chemistry, materials science, sustainable/green chemistry, solid state physics, or applications of solid-state reactivity to industry such as the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. It provides a much-needed resource for advanced-level courses on the mechanochemistry of solids.
List of contents
SECTION I: THE SOLID STATE AS A UNIQUE CHEMICAL PLAYGROUND 1. Basic features of solid-state structure
2. Thermodynamic landscape of the solid state
3. Defects: changing solid state stability and reactivity
SECTION II: NATURE OF MECHANOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN SOLIDS 4. Avenues for reactivity in solids
5. Thermo-mechanical reactivity of solids
6. Reactivity of solids under dynamic mechanical strain
7. Are mechano-chemical reactions always ‘mechano-chemical’?
8. Energetic aspects of solid state mechanochemical reactions
9. Elementary kinetics of mechanochemical reactions
SECTION III: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL METHODS TO STUDY SOLID STATE MECHANOCHEMISTRY 10. Solution analytical methods in solid state mechanochemistry
11. Main techniques for solid state characterisation to study mechanochemical reactions (diffraction including Rietveld and microstructure, thermal analysis, etc)
12. Progress in methods to study mechanochemical reactions in situ
13. Theoretical methods to study mechanochemical reactions in solids
14. Designing a mechanochemical reaction from first principles
SECTION IV: APPLICATIONS OF MECHANOCHEMISTRY 15. Mechanochemistry for organic synthesis
16. Mechanochemistry for inorganic synthesis
17. Mechanochemistry for the design of molecular materials (cocrystal, MOF, COF, etc)
18. Mechanochemistry in pharmacy
19. Mechanochemistry of natural materials
20. Mechanochemistry for sustainable chemistry / manufacture
21. Mechanochemistry for industrial applications: scale-up
