In recent years, powerful separation techniques, ultrasensitive spectrometry and high-performance computing, to name a few, have made possible the designing of materials with properties that promises a solution to central problems like global warming and inevitable shortages of classical energy sources. The famous query by Richard Feynman, βWhat would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms (molecules) the way we want them?β heralds the voice and goal of Tailored Organic-Inorganic Materials. Moreover, Feynman wondered: βWhat could we do with layered structures with just the right layers?β
Drawn from a symposium on Layered Materials presented at the International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC) conference held in Puerto Rico, Tailored Organic-Inorganic Materials:
β’ Presents a case for an often overlooked hybrid material: organic-clay materials
β’ Explores the limitless ability to design new materials by layering clay materials within organic compounds
β’ Offers assembly, properties, characterization, and current and potential applications to inspire the development of novel materials
β’ Coincides with the governmentβs Materials Genome Initiative, to inspire the development of green, sustainable, robust materials that lead to efficient use of limited resources
β’ Contains a thorough introductory and chemical foundation before delving into techniques, characterization, and properties of these materials
β’ Discusses applications in biocatalysis, drug delivery, and energy storage and recovery
Appropriate for materials scientists and engineers, organic and inorganic chemists at the graduate and research level, the chapters in this book provide details on the effect of functionalization and form of the phosphonic acids in the final outcome of the hybrid. It will provide chemists the firm tools and knowledge to create new interesting substances by the recreation of the laminar materials in Nature, i.e. the clay family of minerals.