Chemical Bonding in Solids examines how atoms in solids are bound together and how this determines the structure and properties of materials. Over the years, diverse concepts have come from many areas of chemistry, physics, and materials science, but often these ideas have remained largelywithin the area where they originated. One of the goals of this text is to bring some of these ideas together and show how a broader picture exists once some of the prejudices which isolate one area from another are removed. This book will be ideal for students taking courses in solid statechemistry, materials chemistry, and solid state physics.

Molecules
The H2 Molecule: Molecular Orbital Approach
The H2 Molecule: Localized Approach
Energy Levels of HHe
Energy Levels of Linear Conjugated Molecules
Energy Levels of Cyclic Polynenes
Energy Differences and Moments
The Jahn-Teller Effects
From Molecules to Solids
The Solid as a Giant Molecule
Some Properties of Solids from the Band Picture
Two Atom Cells
The Peierls Distortion
Other One-Dimensional Systems
Second Order Peierls Distortions
More Details Concerning Energy Bands
The Brillouin Zone
The Fermi Surface
Symmetry Considerations
The Electronic Structure of Solids
Oxides with the NaCl, TiO2 and MoO2 Structures
The Diamond and Zincblende Structures
"Localization" and "Delocalized" Orbitals in Solids
The Structure of NbO
Chemical Bonding in Ionic Compounds
The Transition Metals
The Free-Electron Model
Compounds Between Transition Metals and Main Group Elements
The Nickel Arsenide and Related Structures
Molecular Metals
Division into Electronic Types
Metals and Insulators
The Importance of Structure and Composition
The Structures of Calcium and Zinc
Geometrical Instabilities
Importance of Electron-Electron Interactions
Transition Metal and Rare Earth Oxides
Effect of Doping
Superconductivity in the C60 Series
High-Temperature Superconductors
The Structures of Solids and Pauling's Rules
General Description of Ion Packings
The First Rule
The Second Rule
The Third Rule
The Fifth Rule
The Description of Solids in Terms of Pair Potentials
The Structures of Some Covalent Solids
Electron Counting
Change of Structure with Electron Count
Structures of Some AX2 Solids
Structures Derived from Simple Cubic or Rocksalt
The Stability of the Rocksalt and Zincblende Structures
The Structures of the Spinels
Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure
Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure: Trigonal Prismatic Coordination
Distortions of the Cadmium Halide Structure t2g Block Instabilities
The Rutile Versus Cadmium Halide Versus Pyrite Structures
Second Order Structural Changes
More About Structures
The Structures of the Elements
The Structures of Some Main Group Intermetallic Compounds
The Hume-Rothary Rules
Pseudopotential Theory
The Structures of the First Row Elements
The Coloring Problem
Structural Stability and Band Gap
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