Silicon Chemistry: From the Atom to Extended Systems

The combined results from an international research project involving 40 interdisciplinary groups, providing the latest knowledge from the past few years. Adopting an application-oriented approach, this handy reference is a must-have for every silicon chemist, whether working inorganic, organic, physical or polymer chemistry, materials science or physics.

From the Contents:

Investigations on the Reactivity of Atomic Silicon Reactions with Matrix Isolates SiO Molecules In situ-Diagnostics of Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Deposition the Gas Phase Oxidation of Silyl Radicals by Molecular Oxygen Oxidation of matrix-Isolated Silylenes Short-Lived Intermediates with Double Bonds to Silicon Kinetic Stabilization of Disilenes and Disilynes A Tetrasilabuta-I,3-diene and related Compounds with Conjugated Multiple Bonds Chemistry of Metalated Oligosilanes Oligosilyl Substituted Heptaphosphanes Polysilanes: Formation, bonding and Structure Phase Behavior of n-Alkylsubstituted Polysilanes Structural and Electronic Systematic in Zintl Phases of the Tetrels Zintl Phases MSi2 (M=Ca, Eu, Sr, Ba) at Very High Pressure Silicon-and Germanium-Based Sheet Polymers and Zintl Phases Kautsky-Siloxene Analogous Monomers and Oligomers Silicon-Based Nanotubes Structure and Reactivity of Solid SiO Si Nanocrystallites in SiOx Films by Vapour Deposition and Thermal Processing Theoretical Treatment of Silicon Clusters Isomers of Neutral Silicon clusters Investigation of the Influence of Oxidation and HF Attack on the Photoluminescence of Silicon Nanoparticles Localization Phenomena and Photoluminescence from Nano-structured Silicon, Silicon/Silicon Dioxide Nanocomposites, Silsesquioxanes and Branched Polysilanes Higher-Coordinate Silicon Compounds with SiO5 and SiO6 Skeletons Functionalized Silanols and Silanolates Transition Metal Fragment Substituted Silanols of Iron and Tungsten-Synthesis, Structure and Condensation Reactions Rational Synthesis of Cyclosiloxanes and Molecular Alumo- and Gallosiloxanes Synthesis Structure and reactivity of Novel oligomeric Titanasiloxanes Metallasilsesquioxanes g Spin-Spin Interaction in Silsesquioxanes and Transition Metal Substitution Characterization of Si-Polymers by Coupling of HPLC-Separation Methods with MALDI-TOF-MS the Stepwise3 Formation of Si-O-Networks Mechanism of Ring and Cage Formation in Siloxanes Structurally Well-Defined Amphiphilic Polysiloxane Copolymers Synthesis and Functionalization of  Mesostructured Silica-Based Films Modification of  ordered Mesostructured Materials during Synthesis Biosilicification; Structure, Regulation of Structure and Model Studies