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Alexander J. Pertsin
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Institute of Elemento-Organic Compounds, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
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Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
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Institute of Elemento-Organic Compounds, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 1-5
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 6-68
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 69-148
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 149-225
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 226-282
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 283-337
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- Alexander J. Pertsin, Alexander I. Kitaigorodsky
Pages 338-371
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Back Matter
Pages 373-397
About this book
The history of physics furnishes many examples of how a simple semiem pirical method, essentially based on intuitive considerations, may prove to be much more successful than a rigorous theoretical approach. A pertinent example is the method of atom-atom potentials, which treats the intermolec ular interactions between polyatomic molecules in terms of pairwise inter actions between their constituent atoms. Despite a few conceptual short comings, the method provides a fairly reliable practical means of handling, on a microscopic level, a wide range of problems that arise in the solid-state physics and chemistry of organic compounds. This monograph is an attempt to generalize the experience gained in the past twenty years in interpreting the static and dynamic properties of organic molecular solids in terms of atom-atom potentials. It embraces nearly all aspects of the application of the method, including an evaluation of cohesive energies, equilibrium crystal structures, phonon spectra, ther modynamic functions, and crystal defects. Many related topics such as the effect of the crystal field on molecular conformation, the determination of crystal structures from raw diffraction data, and the problem of polymor phic transitions are also discussed. We believe that this book will be of use to researchers in solid-state physics, chemistry, crystallography, physical chemistry, and polymer chem istry. It also gives us an opportunity to acknowledge our indebtedness to those who sent us published as well as unpublished information and sugges tions, including A.T. Amos, E.L. Bokhenkov, H. Bonadeo, R.K. Boyd, C.P.
