Coordination chemistry in the solid state

摘要

Since the late 19th and early 20th centuries the coordination chemistry of complexes has been a central theme of inorganic chemistry. Werner's Nobel Prize-winning development of the field has been followed by many years of outstanding research. However, one of the most striking aspects of recent research in inorganic chemistry has been the explosion in interest in coordination chemistry in the solid state. Of course, this type of chemistry is not exclusively a recent phenomenon - solid state coordination polymers are known in the literature from at least the 1950s and probably before then - but the sheer volume of research effort in the last 20 years has been extraordinary, and the range of chemistry studied makes this area one of the most productive in the whole of chemistry.