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Introduction to the Mechanochemistry of Solids

  • 1st Edition - June 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Adam A.L. Michalchuk, Ana Belenguer, Elena Boldyreva
  • Language: English

Introduction to the Mechanochemistry of Solids offers a thorough exploration of mechanochemistry, a field rapidly reshaping modern chemistry by enabling solvent-free, effici… Read more

Description

Introduction to the Mechanochemistry of Solids offers a thorough exploration of mechanochemistry, a field rapidly reshaping modern chemistry by enabling solvent-free, efficient synthesis of materials. The book serves as a vital resource for those new to solid-state reactivity, presenting foundational theories and practical insights that illuminate how mechanical forces can drive chemical change. Readers are introduced to the complexities of mechanochemical processes, the nuances of device selection, and the impact of sample preparation, providing a solid framework for understanding how physical forces influence chemical transformations in solids.

In addition, the book discusses the growing diversity of scientists contributing to mechanochemistry and outlines the transformative potential of this technology for sustainable and green chemistry. It is especially recommended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers in chemistry, materials science, and related fields.

Key features

  • Provides a general introduction to the fundamental concepts of mechanochemistry in relation to solid-state reactivity
  • Outlines concepts from a multidisciplinary perspective that is set alongside practical advice
  • Supports better understanding for the reader, including ground-up introductions, ‘key concept’ boxes, select case studies to solidify understanding, schematics and flow charts, and concluding ‘knowledge check’ questions for reflection
  • Includes an overview of potential applications of mechanochemistry

Readership

Advanced undergraduate, early graduate students, faculty members and other 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

Table 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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

Adam A.L. Michalchuk

Editor
Adam Michalchuk is an Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at the School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK, and a Wilhelm-Ostwald Fellow at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin, Germany. Adam leads an interdisciplinary research team with the aim of understanding how to control chemical reactivity (usually in the solid state) using mechanical force. This includes using and developing atomistic simulation tools to understand mechanochemical reactivity, and a focus on studying mechanochemical reactions using international synchrotron and neutron facilities, for which he was awarded the ISIS Neutron Facility Impact Award in 2022. Further details can be found on the group website.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK

Ana Belenguer

Editor

Ana Belenguer is a senior research fellow at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. She has been working with Professor Jeremy Sanders on various projects funded by EPSRC grants since 2002, initially on Dynamic Covalent Chemistry (DCC) in solution. Since 2009 she has been pioneering the field of fundamental studies of solid state DCC by ball mill grinding, focusing on elucidating the driving forces behind mechanochemical reactivity in organic solids.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Fellow, Yusuf Hamied Department, Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK

Elena Boldyreva

Editor

Elena Boldyreva is a Leading Researcher at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences and a Professor at the Chair of Solid-State Chemistry, Novosibirsk State University. She graduated from Novosibirsk State University in 1982 and received her PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1988 and her Dr. Sci. in Solid State Chemistry in Russia. Elena Boldyreva is an Honorary Doctor of Sciences of the University of Edinburgh, a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Slovenia and a Member of the Academia Europea. She was a Humboldt Fellow and has spent many research terms in Germany, the UK, Italy, and France.

Her main interests are in the reactivity of organic solids, mechanochemistry, high-pressure research, polymorphism of drugs and biomimetics, cocrystals, molecular materials, the properties of hydrogen bonds. She also pioneered studies of the relation between chemical pressure and solid-state reactivity, with particular interest in photo- and thermo- mechanical effects.
Affiliations and expertise
Leading Researcher, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor, Chair of Solid-State Chemistry, Novosibirsk State University, Russia