Strength from Weakness: Structural Consequences of Weak Interactions in Molecules, Supermolecules, and Crystals

1. X-Ray Crystallography: A History of Ideas. - 2. Microwave Spectroscopy. - 3. Infrared Spectroscopy. - 4. Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction. - 5. A Spectroscopist s View on the Structural Problem. - 6. Aspects of Structural Chemistry in Molecular Biology. - 7. Magic and Mysteries of Modern Molecular Dynamics Simulations. A Basic Introduction. - 8. Phases, Phase Changes, and the Thermodynamics of Small Systems. - 9. Relativistic Effects in Molecular Structure of s- and p-Block Elements. - 10. Metal Halide Molecular Structures. - 11. Strength from Weakness: Inorganic Structures. - 12. The Myth about Planarity of Olefinic Carbon Atoms: An ab Initio Study. - 13. Polymorphism. - 14. Hydrogen Bond at the Dawn of the XXI Century. New Methods, New Results, New Ideas. - 15. Improper, Blue-Shifting Hydrogen Bond: Theory and Experiment. - 16. From Molecules to Supermolecules: A Theoretical Approach. - 17. Strength from Motion in Crystals: The Example of Supramolecular Adducts. - 18. Crystal Engineering from Weakness to Strength An Overview. - 19. Controlling Molecular Synthesis in the Solid State Using Linear Templates. - 20. Ab Initio Molecular Dynamical Simulation on H2 Adsorption and Storage in Carbon-Based Materials. - 21. First-Principles Studies on Heterogeneous Catalysis of Amination: Mechanisms and Support Effects.