The Physics and Chemistry of Inorganic Clathrates

Professor George Nolas is the head of the Novel Materials Laboratory at the USF Department of Physics. His research is funded by the Department of Energy - Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, General Motors Corp., National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. He has been the organizer of many conferences and symposia, often in the frameworks of the APS and MRS. He has a number of awards to his name, including: 2007 Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award 2007 USF Doctoral Student and Faculty Mentor Publication Award (2 awards received) 2004-2005 University of South Florida Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2002 University of South Florida Presidential Young Faculty Award. Besides writing a book on thermoelectrics published by Springer in 2001, which is considered the foremost textbook in the field, he published 4 edited volumes; 8 review articles; 80 journal articles. He has several U.S. patents issued.

Foreword by C. Cros.- Foreword by G.A. Slack.- Preface.- 1 The Early Development of Inorganic Clathrates.- 2 Solid State Chemistry of Clathrate Phases: Crystal Structure, Chemical Bonding and Preparation Routes.- 3 Synthetic Approaches to Intermetallic Clathrates.- 4 Semiconductor Clathrates: in situ Studies of Their High Pressure, Variable Temperature and Synthesis Behavior.- 5 Chemistry and Physics of Inversed (Cationic) Clathrates and tin Anionic Clathrates.- 6 Inorganic clathrates for thermoelectric applications.- 7 High Pressure Synthesis of Superconducting Silicon Clathrate and Related Compounds.- 8 Light Element Group 13-14 Clathrate Phases.- 9 Structural and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Clathrates.- 10 Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Clathrates.- Index.