How Chemistry and Physics Meet in the Solid State
Hoffmann, Roald
Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 26, no. 9 (1987): 846–878
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.198708461
“There is no need to provide an apologia pro vita sua for solid-state chemistry. Macromolecules extended in one, two, or three dimensions, of biological or natural origin, or synthetics, fill the world around us. Metals, alloys, and composites, be they copper or bronze or ceramics, have played a pivotal, shaping role in our culture. Mineral structures form the base of the paint that colors our walls, and the glass through which we look at the outside world. Organic polymers, be they nylon or wool, clothe us. New materials—ternary inorganic superconductors, conducting organic polymers—exhibit unusual electric and magnetic properties, promise to shape the technology of the future. Solid-state chemistry is important, alive, and growing.
Given the vitality and attractiveness of the field, I take some risk in listing some minor problems that I perceive at the interfaces of solid-state chemistry with physics and with the rest of chemistry. This is done not with the intent to find fault, but constructively—the remainder of this paper tries to resolve some of these perceived difficulties.
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