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World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry - Vol. 4

SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Selected Papers of C. N. R. Rao

Editors

S. K. Joshi Council of Scientific and Industhal Research,

India

R. A. Masheikar National Chemical Laboratory,

India

I© World Scientific U Singapore • New Jersey • London • Hong Kong

CONTENTS

Foreword vii

A Tribute by Sir John Meurig Thomas, F. R. S. ix

PARTI. OVERVIEW 1

1. Four Decades of Research in Solid State Chemistry 3 (C. N. R. Rao)

Bull. Mater. Sei. 16, 405-431 (1993)

PART II. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION 31

Author's Comments on Papers 2 through 11 33

2. Chemical Synthesis of Solid Inorganic Materials 35 (C. N. R. Rao)

Mater. Sei. Eng. B18, 1-21 (1993)

3. Lattice Imaging of Close-Packed Structures by High Resolution Electron Microscopy: AB03 Perovskite Polytypes 56 (P. L. Gai and C. N. R. Rao)

Pramäna 5, 274-283 (1975)

4. Electron Microscopy of Ferroelectric Bismuth Oxides Containing Perovskite Layers 66 (J. L. Hutchison, J. S. Anderson and C. N. R. Rao)

Proc. Roy. Soc. London A355, 301-312 (1977)

5. Analysisof EXAFS Data ofComplex Systems 82 (G. U. Kulkarni, G. Sankar and C. N. R. Rao)

Z. Phys. B73, 529-537 (1989)

6. Study of Electron States of Solids by Techniques of Electron Spectroscopy 91 (C. N. R. Rao and D. D. Sarma)

J. Solid State Chem. 45, 14-39 (1982)

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7. Electronic Structures of Solids by Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Carried Out Using an Electron Microscope: Oxygen-ÄT and Metal-L Edges of Transition Metal Oxides 117 (C. N. R. Rao, T. G. Sparrow, J. M. Thomas and B. G. Williams)

J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun. 1238-1240(1984)

8. A MAS NMRInvestigation of Aluminosilicate, Silicophosphate and Aluminosilicophosphate Gels and the Evolution of Crystalline Structures on Heating the Gels 120 (S. Prabhakar, K. J. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Mater. Res. 6, 592-601 (1991)

9. 29Si NMR Chemical Shifts in Silicates 130 (S. Prabhakar, K. J. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

Chem. Phys. Lett. 183, 176-182 (1991)

10. A Magic-Angle Spinning 31P NMR Investigation of Crystalline and Glassy Inorganic Phosphates 137 (S. Prabhakar, K. J. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

Chem. Phys. Lett. 139, 96-102 (1987)

11. Investigation of Solids and Surfaces by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy 144 (C. N. R. Rao, P. Ganguly and T. Somasundaram)

J. Indian Chem. Soc. LXIII, 1-9 (1986)

PART III. PHASE TRANSITIONS 153


12. Phase Transitions and the Chemistry of Solids 157 (C. N. R. Rao)

Acc. Chem. Res. 17, 83-89 (1984)

13. Spectroscopic Investigations of Phase Transitions in Complex Solids 164 (C. N. R. Rao)

J. Mol. Struc. 292, 229-254 (1993)

14. Phase Transitions in Spin Cross-Over Systems 189 (C. N. R. Rao)

Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 4, 19-38 (1985)

15. Pm3m-Fm3m Transformations of Alkali Hahdes: Solid Solutions of CsCl with KCl, CsBr, SrCl2 209 (M. Natarajan, K. J. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

Trans. Faraday Soc. 66, 2497-2502 (1970)

16. Crystal Structure Transformations of Alkali Sulphates, Nitrates and Related Substances: Thermal Hysteresis in Reversible Transformations 215 (K. J. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

/. Mater. Sei. 1, 238-248 (1966)

17. Mechanism of Crystal Structure Transformations: Part 3. Factors Affecting the Anatase-Rutile Transformation 226 (S. R. Yoganarasimhan and C. N. R. Rao)


18. Computer Simulation of Transformations in Solids 237 (C. N. R. Rao and S. Yashonath)

J. Solid State Chern. 68, 193-213 (1987)

19. Orientational Glassy Phases of C60 and Neopentane: A Monte Carlo Study 258 (A. Chakrabarti, S. Yashonath and C. N. R. Rao)

Chem. Phys. Lett. 215, 591-595 (1993)

20. Comparison of Positional Disorder in the Liquid and Glassy States of Hydrocarbons: Dependence of Disorder on Molecular Shape 263 (A. Chakrabarti, S. Yashonath and C. N. R. Rao)

Mol. Phys. 81, 467-473 (1994)

PART IV. DEFECTS, NONSTOICHIOMETRY AND INTERGROWTHS 271


21. Superstructures, Ordered Defects and Nonstoichiometry in Metal Oxides of Perovskite and Related Structures 275 (C. N. R. Rao, J. Gopalakrishnan and K. Vidyasagar)

Indian J. Chem. 23A, 265-284 (1984)

22. Intergrowth Structures: The Chemistry of Solid-Solid Interfaces 295 (C. N. R. Rao and J. M. Thomas)

Acc. Chem. Res. 18, 113-119 (1985)

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23. Shell-Model Calculation of Defect Energies in Alkali Halides Employing Crystal-Independent Interionic Potential Parameters 302 (M. K. Uppal, C. N. R. Rao and M. J. L. Sangster)

Phil. Mag. A38, 341-347 (1978)

24. A Single Crystal Study of the Defect Chemistry and Transport Properties of Silver Selenide, Ag2+5Se 309 (A. K. Shukla, H. N. Vasan and C. N. R. Rao)


25. Thermal and Particle Size Effects in Magnesium Oxide 325 (M. Natarajan, T. S. Sarma, J. C. Ahluwalia and C. N. R. Rao)


26. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Oxidation of Pr203 and Tb203 to Nonstoichiometric Oxides 330 (S. Ramdas, K. C. Patil and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Chem. Soc. A, 64-68 (1970)

27. Solvolytic Disproportionation of Nonstoichiometric Oxides of Praseodymium and Terbium 335 (R. L. N. Sastry, P. N. Mehrotra and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 28, 2167-2173 (1966)

PARTV. TRANSITION METAL OXIDES 343


28. Electrical Transport in Rare-Earth Oxides 347 (G. V. Subba Rao, S. Ramdas, P. N. Mehrotra and C. N. R. Rao)


29. Semiconductor-Metal Transition in Ti3Os 355 (C. N. R. Rao, S. Ramdas, R. E. Loehman and J. M. Honig)


30. Semiconductor-Metal Transitions in Nb02 and Nb^V^Oj 361 (C. N. R. Rao, G. R. Rao and G. V. Subba Rao)


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31. Electrical Transport in Rare Earth Ortho-Chromites, -Manganites and -Ferrites 365 (G. V. Subba Rao, B. M. Wanklyn and C. N. R. Rao)

/. Phys. Chem. Solids 32, 345-358 (1971)

32. Metal-Nonmetal Transitions in Perovskite Oxides 379 (C. N. R. Rao and P. Ganguly)

The Metallic and Non-Metallic States of Matter, eds. P. P. Edwards and C. N. R. Rao (Taylor and Francis, London, 1985), pp. 329-357

33. Metal-Insulator Transitions in Anion-Excess LaMn03+s

Controlled by the Mn4+ Content 408 (M. Vereist, N. Rangavittal, C. N. R. Rao and A. Rousset)


34. Valence States and Magnetic Properties of LaNij JAnJD^ (for0<jc<0.2and;c = 0.5) 415 (N. Y. Vasanthacharya, P. Ganguly, J. B. Goodenough and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Phys. C17, 2745-2760 (1984)

35. Crystal Chemistry and Magnetic Properties of Layered Metal Oxides Possessing the K2NiF4 or Related Structures 431 (P. Ganguly and C. N. R. Rao)

/. Solid State Chem. 53,193-216 (1984)

36. A Comparative Study of the Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Perovskite Oxides and the Corresponding Two-Dimensional Oxides of K2NiF4 Structure 455 (C. N. R. Rao, P. Ganguly, K. K. Singh and R. A. Mohan Ram)

/. Solid State Chem. 72,14-23 (1988)

37. Oxygen Excess in Layered Lanthanide Nickelates 465 (D. J. Buttrey, P. Ganguly, J. M. Honig, C. N. R. Rao, R. R. Schartman and G. N. Subbanna)

/. Solid State Chem. 74, 233-238 (1988)

38. Electrical and Magnetic Properties of La2 jSr^NiO^ A Tentative Phase Diagram 471 (K. Sreedhar and C. N. R. Rao)

Mater. Res. Bull. 25, 1235-1242 (1990)

39. Relative Stabilities of Layered Perovskite and Pyrochlore Structures in Transition Metal Oxides Containing Trivalent Bismuth 479 (A. Ramanan, J. Gopalakrishnan and C. N. R. Rao)


40. Bismuth-Tungsten Oxide Bronzes: A Study of Intergrowth Phases and Related Aspects 485 (A. Ramanan, J. Gopalakrishnan, M. K. Uppal, D. A. Jefferson and C. N. R. Rao)


41. Synthesis and Characterization of Layered Bismuth Vanadates 508 (K. B. R. Varma, G. N. Subbanna, T. N. Guru Row and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Mater. Res. 5, 2718-2722 (1990)

42. "Fe Mössbauer and Mo ÄT-EXAFS Investigations of MoxFe3_p4, an Interesting Mixed-Valent Oxide System 513 (L. Bouet, Ph. Tailhades, A. Rousset, K. R. Kannan, M. Vereist, G. U. Kulkarni and C. N. R. Rao)


43. Reduction Behaviour of Fe3+/Al203 Obtained from the Mixed Oxalate Precursor and the Formation of the Fe°-Al203

Metal-Ceramic Composite 522 (Ch. Laurent, A. Rousset, M. Vereist, K. R. Kannan, A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Mater. Chem. 3, 513-518 (1993)

44. Particle-Size Effects on the Value of Tc of MnFe204: Evidence for Finite-Size Scaling 528 (G. U. Kulkarni, K. R. Kannan, T. Arunarkavalli and C. N. R. Rao)

Phys. Rev. B49, 724-727 (1994)

PART VI. HIGH-TEMPERATURESUPERCONDUCTIVITY 533


45. Chemical Insights into High-Temperature Superconductors 537 (C. N. R. Rao)

Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London A336, 595-624 (1991)

46. Structural Changes Accompanying the Low-Temperature Annealing of YBa2Cu3O7_5(0.3 < <5< 0.4): Transformation of the 123 Phase to a 124-Type Structure 567 (R. Nagarajan and C. N. R. Rao)


47. Structure and Superconducting Properties of Ga-Substituted YBa2Cu307^ and YBaSrCu3075 Systems 573 (R. Nagarajan and C. N. R. Rao)

/. Mater. Chem. 3, 969-973 (1993)

48. Structure and Superconducting Properties of a New Family of Thallium Cuprates, TlSr3 J L n ^ C u ^ 578 (V. Manivannan, N. Rangavittal, J. Gopalakrishnan and C. N. R. Rao)

Physica C208, 253-258 (1993)

49. Structure and Properties ofTl05Pb05Sr2Gd2^CexCu2O9_5 584 (R. Vijayaraghavan, C. Michel, A. Maignan, M. Hervieu, C. Martin, B. Raveau and C. N. R. Rao)

Physica C206, 81-89 (1993)

50. Structure and Properties of Oxyanion Derivatives of 123 Cuprate Superconductors: Effect of Substitution of Carbonate and Nitrate Ions in the Cu( 1) Position of YBaSrCu3Ov_s 593 (C. N. R. Rao, R. Nagarajan, R. Mahesh, G. U. Kulkarni, S. Ayyappan and G. N. Subbanna)

Solid State Commun. 88, 757-760 (1993)

51. Oxyanion Derivatives of Cuprate Superconductors: Superconducting 123 Phosphates 597 (R. Nagarajan, S. Ayyappan and C. N. R. Rao)

Physica C220, 373-376 (1994)

52. Systematics in the Thermopower Behaviour of Several Series of Bismuth and Thallium Cuprate Superconductors: An Interpretation of the Temperature Variation and the Sign of the Thermopower (C. N. R. Rao, T. V. Ramakrishnan and N. Kumar) 601

Physica C165, 183-188(1990)

53. Paramagnetic Meissner Effect in YBa2Cu307_S: A Non-Resonant Microwave Absorption Study 607 (S. V. Bhat, A. Rastogi, N. Kumar, R. Nagarajan and C. N. R. Rao)

Physica C219, 87-92 (1994)

PART VII. CATALYSTS 613


54. Strong Metal-Support Interaction in Ni/Ti02 Catalysts: In-Situ EXAFS and Related Studies 617 (T. Arunarkavalli, G. U. Kulkarni, G. Sankar and C. N. R. Rao)

Catalysis Lett. 17, 29-37 (1993)

55. An EXAFS Study of Cu/ZnO and Cu/ZnO-Al203 Methanol Synthesis Catalysts 626 (T. Arunarkavalli, G. U. Kulkarni and C. N. R. Rao)

Catalysis Lett. 20, 259-268 (1993)

56. An EXAFS Study of the Mo/Ti02 Hydrodesulphurization Catalysts 636 (G. U. Kulkarni and C. N. R. Rao)

Catalysis Lett. 11, 63-70 (1991)

57. A Study of Strong Metal-Support Interaction Based on an Electron Spectroscopic Investigation of Nitrogen Adsorption on Simulated Ni/Ti02, Ni/Al203 and Related Catalyst Surfaces 644 (G. R. Rao and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Phys. Chem. 94, 7986-7991 (1990)

58. In-Situ Mössbauer and EXAFS Investigations of the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Bimetallic Fe-Ni/Si02 and Fe-Cu/Si02 Catalysts 650 (C. N. R. Rao, G. U. Kulkarni, K. R. Kannan and S. Chaturvedi)

J. Phys. Chem. 96, 7379-7385 (1992)

59. V2Os-Based Hydrocarbon Sensors 657 (A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao)

J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun. 1260-1261 (1991)

PART VIII. METAL CLUSTERS AND FULLERENES 659


60. Why Are Certain Substances Metallic? 663 (C. N. R. Rao and P. P. Edwards)

Proc. IndianAcad. Sei. (Chem. Sei.) 96, 473-498 (1986)

61. Metal-Insulator Transitions in Metal Clusters: A High-Energy Spectroscopy Study of Pd and Ag Clusters 689 (V. Vijayakrishnan, A. Chainani, D. D. Sarma and C. N. R. Rao)

/. Phys. Chem. 96, 8679-8682 (1992)

62. An Investigation of Well-Characterized Small Gold Clusters by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Tunneling Spectroscopy, and Cognate Techniques 693 (C. N. R. Rao, V. Vijayakrishnan, H. N. Aiyer, G. U. Kulkarni and G. N. Subbanna)

J. Phys. Chem. 97, 11157-11160(1993)

63. Dependence of the Reactivity of Ag and Ni Clusters Deposited on Solid Substrates on the Cluster Size 697 (C. N. R. Rao, V. Vijayakrishnan, A. K. Santra and M. W. J. Prins)

Angew. Chem. (Int. Ed. Engl.) 31, 1062-1064 (1992)

64. Solid State Properties of Fullerenes and Related Materials 700 (R. Seshadri and C. N. R. Rao)

Perspectives in Solid State Chemistry, ed. K. J. Rao (Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1994)

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