This comprehensive textbook provides a modern, self-contained treatment for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level students. It emphasizes the links between structure, defects, bonding, and properties throughout, and provides an integrated treatment of a wide range of materials, including crystalline, amorphous, organic, and nano- materials. Boxes on synthesis methods, characterization tools, and technological applications distill specific examples and support student understanding of materials and their design. The first six chapters cover the fundamentals of extended solids, while later chapters explore a specific property or class of material, building a coherent framework for students to master core concepts with confidence, and for instructors to easily tailor the coverage to fit their own single-semester course. With mathematical details given only where they strengthen understanding, 400 original figures, and over 330 problems for hands-on learning, this accessible textbook is ideal for courses in chemistry and materials science.

Includes all the major focus points of chemistry and materials science courses, and inorganic and organic, crystalline and amorphous, bulk and nanomaterials are integrated in a holistic manner
Mathematical details are only introduced where they strengthen understanding, which maximizes student accessibility
330 problems facilitate a deeper, hands-on understanding of the concepts. The book is also supported by 400 figures to help explain key concepts
Instructor resources include a solutions manual, and all figures are available in ppt format