Introduction to Condensed Matter Chemistry

Introduction to Condensed Matter Chemistry offers a general view of chemistry from the perspective of condensed matter chemistry, analyzing and contrasting chemical reactions in a more realistic setting than traditional thinking. Readers will also find discussions on the goals and major scientific questions in condensed matter chemistry and the molecular engineering of functional condensed matter. Processes and products of chemical reactions should not be determined solely by the structure and composition of these basic species but also by the complex and possibly multilevel structured physical and chemical environment, together referred to as their condensed state. Relevant matters in condensed state should be the main bodies of chemical reactions, which is applicable not only to solids and liquids but also to gas molecules as reactions among gas molecules can take place only in the presence of catalysts in specific condensed states or after their state transition under extreme reaction conditions. This book provides new insights on the liquid state chemistry, definitions, aspects, and interactions, summarizing fundamentals of main chemical reactions from a new perspective.

1. Goals and major scientific questions in condensed matter chemistry2. From solid chemistry to condensed matter chemistry3. Structure and properties of water and chemical reaction in aqueous solution4. Condensed matter and chemical reactions in hydrothermal system5. Solid state organic reactions6. Composition, structure, and property of ionic liquids and their chemical reactions7. Composition, structure, function of polymers, and their reaction chemistry8. Condensed matter chemistry in gas molecular reactions9. Condensed matter chemistry in gas molecular reactions under supercritical condition10. Condensed matter chemistry under high pressure11. Electrolytic reaction in molten system12. Condensed matter reaction between nanostates13. Chemical reactions in biological condensed matter14. Molecular engineering of functional condensed matter