TY - BOOK TI - New directions in solid state chemistry U1 - 541.0421 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge N1 - Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. Structure of solids - old and new facets; 2. New and improved methods of characterisation; 3. Preparative strategies; 4. Phase transitions; 5. New light on an old problem - defects and nonstoichiometry; 6. Structure-property relations; 7. Fashioning solids for specific purposes - aspects of materials design; 8. Reactivity of solids ER -