Book Description:
The field of chemistry is leading the charge of scientific and technical innovation into the 21st century. Applications include energy such as solar cells, brain chemistry, agricultural chemistry and synthetic fuels, and such a broad array of related developments that keeping up with them has become virtually impossible. This new book presents leading-edge world research across a wide spectrum of developments in chemistry.

Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Cyclodextrins in Nitrosation Chemistry,(E. Iglesias, Universidad de La Coruña, Spain) pp. 1-44
2. Environmentally Benign Oxidation of Alcohols Using Transition Metal Catalysts(M. Hayashi and H. Kawabata, Kobe University, Nada, Japan) pp. 45-62
3. The Importance of Catalytic Phenomena (Dr. Poteriaeua); The Catalytic Concept of Some Phenomena in Solid State Transformations, (E. E. Kiss, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro) pp. 63-78
4. Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Amorphous Nickel Layers Containing Metallic Cobalt (M. Popczyk and A. Budniok, University of Silesia, Katowice Poland) pp. 79-87
5. Synthetic Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds (F. Kovanda, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic; K. Jirátová, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals AS CR, Czech Republic and R. Kalousková, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague) pp. 89-139
6. N-methacryloyl-(L)-glutamic Acid Incorporated Porous Poly (2-hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Beads for Hg2+Removal (B. Garipcan et al., Hacettepe University, Turkey) pp. 141-158
7. Spectroscopic and Photographic Investigations of the Plasma Plume Produced During Laser Ablation (S. Acquaviva and M. L. De Giorgi, Universitá di Lecce and INFM, Lecce, Italy) pp. 159-175
8. X-ray Satellites Spectra in the LB2 Region (S. Poonia, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, India) pp. 177-212
9.Global Phase Angle for Generalized Two-Dimensional Correlation Infrared Spectroscopy (S. Morita, Toin University of Yokohama and Y. Ozaki, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan) pp. 213-239
Index