Advanced Structural Chemistry

Professor Rong Cao is Director of Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (FJIRSM, CAS) and Director of Institute of Urban Environment, CAS. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from FJIRSM CAS and a recipient of the Research Assistant at Hongkong Polytechnic University and the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers at Nagoya University. Since 2002, he became a full professor and PI at FJIRSM, CAS. He has received numerous scientific awards, including the second Prize in China's State Natural Science Award (2002, the third author), the first Prize in Natural Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2001, the third author); the Second Prize in Natural Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2000, the second author); the first Prize in Natural Sciences of Fujian province; National Science Fund of Distinguished Young Scholars (2003); Special allowances experts of the State Council (2004); National Candidate of New Century Talents Project (2006); China Youth Science and Technology Award (2006) and so on.

VOLUME 1
1. INTRODUCTION
2. COORDINATION-ASSEMBLED METAL-ORGANIC MACROCYCLES AND CAGES
3. STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY OF METAL-OXO CLUSTERS
4. SYNTHETIC APPROACHES, STRUCTURAL DIVERSITIES, AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MOLYBDENUM (TUNGSTEN)-BASED HETEROMETALLIC SULFIDE CLUSTERS AND COORDINATION POLYMERS
5. GROUP 11-15 METAL CHALCOGENIDES

VOLUME 2
6. THE STRUCTURES OF METAL?ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
7. STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND RATIONAL SYNTHESIS
8. STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGIES AND INTERPENETRATION IN THE COORDINATION POLYMERS
9. INORGANIC CHALCOGENIDES: FROM ZERO-DIMENSIONAL CLUSTERS TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORKS
10. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND ELECTROLUMINESCENT, PHOTOCHROMIC, OR SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTY
11. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES

VOLUME 3
12. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC PROPERTY
Introduction
Structure and Electrical Properties of Inorganic Conductive Materials
Structure and Electrical Properties of Organic Conductive Materials
Structure and Electrical Properties of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Conductive Materials
13. UNDERSTANDING MAGNETO-STRUCTURAL CORRELATIONS TOWARD DESIGN OF MOLECULAR MAGNETS
Introduction
Magneto-Structural Correlations in Spin-Crossover Compounds
Magneto-Structural Correlations of Low-Dimensional Magnets
Influence of Ligand Bridging Modes on the Mediated Magnetic Coupling
Geometrically Frustrated Molecular Magnetic Materials
14. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOF STRUCTURES AND GAS ABSORPTION PROPERTIES
Introduction
Basic Conceptions About Gas Absorption
The Correlation Between Physical Adsorption Isotherms and MOFs Structures
Effect of Material Defects on Gas Adsorption
Representative MOFs with Ultrahigh Surface Area and the Factors Effecting on Surface Area
Adsorption Enthalpy of MOF Materials
15. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND SEPARATION PROPERTY
Introduction
CO2 Capture and Separation
Separation of Hydrocarbons
Separation of Noble Gases
Separation of Hydrogen Isotopes
Enantioselective Separation
16. CATALYSIS IN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTIVITIES AND STRUCTURES
Introduction
Catalysis by Metal Nodes
Catalysis by Functionalized Linkers
Catalysis by Species in Pores
Asymmetric Catalysis in MOFs
Photocatalysis in MOFs
Multi-Component Catalysis Using MOFs