Part of a continuing series on structure and bonding, designed for both chemists and metallurgists, this volume contains a series of essays on structural and biological effects and includes coverage of the physical properties of the metal cluster compound Au55(PPh3)12Cal6, among other topics.

Contributions by: R.E. Benfield, V. Chandrasekhar, M.J. Clarke, M.W. Dirken, J.B. Gaul, S. Mazumdar, S. Mitra, H.H.A. Smit, R.C. Thiel, K.R. Justin Thomas, R. Zanoni