Prologue |
Historical introduction / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Chemical bonds / 1.2: |
The ionic model / 1.3: |
Quantum mechanics / 1.4: |
The symmetry model / 1.5: |
Topological models / 1.6: |
Pauling's electrostatic valence model / 1.7: |
Theory / I: |
The ionic bond / 2: |
Crystal energy and the Coulomb field / 2.1: |
How are the atom fragments chosen? / 2.3: |
The Madelung field of a crystal / 2.4: |
Bond networks and bond graphs / 2.5: |
Coordination number / 2.6: |
Conclusions / 2.7: |
The bond valence model / 3: |
Experimental bond valences and bond lengths / 3.1: |
Empirical network equations / 3.2: |
The distortion theorem / 3.3: |
Bond networks with non-bipartite graphs / 3.5: |
Chemistry / II: |
Anion and cation bonding strengths / 4: |
Bond graphs and coordination number / 4.1: |
Anion bonding strength / 4.2: |
Cation bonding strength / 4.3: |
The valence matching principle / 4.4: |
Hard and soft acids and bases / 4.5: |
Applications of the valence matching principle / 4.6: |
Liquids / 5: |
Cation and anion bonding strength of water / 5.1: |
Reactions of cations with water / 5.3: |
Reactions of anions with water / 5.4: |
Aqueous solubility / 5.5: |
Aqueous solutions of soft ions / 5.6: |
Non-aqueous solutions and melts / 5.7: |
Cation coordination number / 6: |
Anion-anion repulsion / 6.1: |
The strength of the anions / 6.3: |
Other factors / 6.4: |
Applying the different effects / 6.5: |
Hydrogen bonds / 7: |
The role of anion-anion repulsion / 7.1: |
The normal hydrogen bond / 7.3: |
Strong hydrogen bonds / 7.4: |
Weak hydrogen bonds / 7.5: |
The structural chemistry of hydrogen bonds / 7.6: |
Other types of hydrogen bonds / 7.7: |
Assigning experimental bond valences to hydrogen bonds / 7.8: |
Electronically distorted structures / 8: |
The origins of electronic distortion / 8.1: |
Non-bonding valence shell electrons / 8.2: |
Transition metals / 8.3: |
Jahn-Teller distorted cations / 8.3.1: |
Transition-metal cations with empty or near-empty d shells / 8.3.2: |
Physical properties of bonds / 8.4: |
Bond lengths and bond angles / 9.1: |
Bond force constants and thermal vibrations / 9.3: |
Thermal expansion / 9.4: |
The variation of R[subscript 0] with temperature / 9.5: |
Solids / III: |
Space and space groups / 10: |
The crystal lattice and translational symmetry / 10.1: |
Space groups / 10.3: |
Special positions / 10.4: |
Matching the special positions to the chemistry / 10.5: |
The symmetry of bonded neighbours / 10.6: |
Summary / 10.7: |
Modelling inorganic structures / 11: |
The problem of a priori modelling / 11.1: |
Determining the topology / 11.2: |
Space-based approaches / 11.2.1: |
Chemistry-based approaches / 11.2.2: |
Valence maps / 11.2.3: |
Refining the geometry / 11.3: |
Modelling defect structures / 11.4: |
Modelling glasses / 11.5: |
Lattic-induced strain / 11.6: |
The origins of lattice-induced strain / 12.1: |
Structures with lattice-induced strain / 12.2: |
Relaxation of lattice-induced strains / 12.3: |
Relaxation of the geometry / 12.3.1: |
Relaxation by defects / 12.3.2: |
Electronic relaxation / 12.3.3: |
Relaxation of symmetry--displacive phase transitions / 12.3.4: |
Changing the bond graph--reconstructive phase transitions / 12.3.5: |
Incommensurate structures / 12.4: |
Applications and implications / 12.5: |
Applications / 13: |
Crystallography / 13.1: |
Structure solution / 13.2.1: |
Analysis of crystal structures / 13.2.2: |
Physics / 13.3: |
Perovskite-related solids / 13.3.1: |
Electrical properties / 13.3.2: |
Magnetic properties / 13.3.3: |
Grain boundaries / 13.3.4: |
Mineralogy / 13.4: |
Soil chemistry / 13.4.1: |
Zeolites / 13.4.2: |
Glasses / 13.4.3: |
Nuclear magnetic resonance / 13.5: |
Transition-metal complexes / 13.5.2: |
Heterogeneous catalysis / 13.5.3: |
Esterification and hydrolysis / 13.5.4: |
Biology / 13.6: |
Enzymes / 13.6.1: |
Calcium and sodium binding by proteins / 13.6.2: |
Databases / 13.7: |
Chemical implications of the bond valence model / 14: |
Why is the bond valence model so robust? / 14.1: |
The attractive force / 14.1.1: |
The repulsive force / 14.1.2: |
Two-body potential models / 14.2: |
The properties of the bond graph / 14.3: |
The Lewis electron-pair model / 14.4: |
Why are cations different from anions? / 14.5: |
Orbital models / 14.6: |
Electron density models / 14.7: |
The topology of the Madelung field / 14.8: |
Appendices / 14.9: |
Bond valence parameters / Appendix 1: |
Space group spectra / Appendix 2: |
Solution of the network equations / Appendix 3: |
Cation and anion bonding strengths / Appendix 4: |
References to the ICSD and the CSD / Appendix 5: |
References |
List of symbols |
Index |
Lattice-induced strain |
Relaxation of symmetry-displacive phase transitions |
Changing the bond graph-reconstructive phase transitions |
Prologue |
Historical introduction / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Chemical bonds / 1.2: |
The ionic model / 1.3: |
Quantum mechanics / 1.4: |