Chemical structure and bonding. The scope of the series spans the entire
Periodic Table and addresses structure and bonding issues associated
with all of the elements. It also focuses attention on new and
developing areas of modern structural and theoretical chemistry such as
nanostructures, molecular electronics, designed molecular solids,
surfaces, metal clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and
spectroscopic techniques used to determine, examine and model structures
fall within the purview of Structure and Bonding to the extent that the
focus is on the scientific results obtained and not on specialist
information concerning the techniques themselves. Issues associated with
the development of bonding models and generalizations that illuminate
the reactivity pathways and rates of chemical processes are also
relevant. The individual volumes in the series are thematic. The goal of
each volume is to give the reader, whether at a university or in
industry, a comprehensive overview of an area where new insights are
emerging that are of interest to a larger scientific audience. Thus each
review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and
places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most
significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years should be presented
using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. A
description of the physical basis of the experimental techniques that
have been used to provide the primary data may also be appropriate, if
it has not been covered in detail elsewhere. The coverage need not be
exhaustive in data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on
the new principles being developed that will allow the reader, who is
not a specialist in the area covered, to understand the data presented.
Discussion of possible future research directions in the area is
welcomed. Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the
volume editors.