Physical chemistry

Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) involves the deposition of thin solid films from chemical precursors in the vapour phase, and encompasses a variety of deposition techniques, including a range of thermal processes, plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD), photon- initiated CVD, and atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Professor Brian Vincent is a leading light in colloid science both in the UK and internationally.

Carbon materials have, in recent years, been attracting attention as potential supports in heterogeneous catalysis.

The science and technology of hydrocolloids used in food and related systems has seen many new developments and advances over recent years.

Powder diffraction is a widely used scientific technique in the characterization of materials with broad application in materials science, chemistry, physics, geology, pharmacology and archaeology.

Protein folding and aggregation is the process by which newly synthesized proteins fold into the specific three-dimensional structures defining their biologically active states.

Vibrationally Mediated Photodissociation (VMP) deals with the influence of vibrational excitation of the ground electronic state of a molecule on its dissociation following excitation of this state to a higher electronic state.

This volume forms part of a two-volume set and is not available for individual purchase.

Rheology is primarily concerned with materials: scientific, engineering and everyday products whose mechanical behaviour cannot be described using classical theories.

This book offers a unique perspective of the impact of scanning probe microscopes on our understanding of the chemistry of the surface at the nanoscale.

The discovery that RNA could act as a macromolecular catalyst in the cell, signified a paradigm shift in molecular biology.

The field of microporous solids in solid state chemistry has seen a huge expansion over the last decades with new developments in a diverse range of directions and applications.

In an era of global warming knowledge of the effects of solar radiation on humans is of great importance and the latest discoveries in environmental photobiology are presented in this book.

This book provides an overview of fundamental concepts of asymmetric synthesis highlighting the significance of stereochemical and stereodynamic reaction control.

Low molar mass organic materials and polymers exhibit a range of physical properties that are dependent on their ability to undergo self organization.

The first IUPAC Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units (the Green Book) of which this is the direct successor, was published in 1969, with the object of 'securing clarity and precision, and wider agreement in the use of symbols, by chemists in different countries, among physicists, chemists and engineers, and by editors of scientific journals'.

This book describes in mathematical terms the extraction of useful information from ESR spectra as applied to paramagnetic organic, inorganic and organometalic molecules.

Environmental Radiochemical Analysis III is an authoritative, up to date review of research contributions presented at the 10th International Symposium on Environmental Radiochemical Analysis.

Why do molecules adopt particular shapes?

Chemical Kinetics and Mechanism considers the role of rate of reaction.

Physics and Chemistry of Ice is an authoritative summary of state-of the-art research contributions from the world's leading scientists.

The Special Publications Series is a collection of books produced from the proceedings of international symposia.

Food structure at the molecular level and how it impacts on health, taste, texture and shelf life is becoming an increasingly important area of science.

Solubility is fundamental to most areas of chemistry and is one of the most basic of thermodynamic properties.

Flavins and flavoproteins are a widely investigated and highly versatile group of compounds.

Computational and theoretical tools for understanding biological processes at the molecular level is an exciting and innovative area of science.

The Special Publications Series is a collection of books produced from the proceedings of international symposia.

The science and technology of hydrocolloids used in food and related systems has seen many new developments and advances over recent years.

Catalysis underpins most modern industrial organic processes.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is increasingly being used amongst health practitioners in combating a variety of diseases.

As modern day society takes an increasing interest in outdoor activities, its exposure to sunlight has never been greater.

Food Colloids: Interactions, Microstructure and Processing describes the principles and practice underlying the formulation of food emulsions, dispersions, gels, and foams.

Is it safe?

Batteries are becoming increasingly important in today's world of portable electronic devices, along with the need to store electricity derived from solar and other renewable forms of energy, and the desire to introduce electric and hybrid electric vehicles to reduce emissions.

Sulfur compounds contaminate many industrially important feedstocks and, on release to the atmosphere as sulfur oxides, can cause widespread damage to the ecosystem.

The need to improve both the efficiency and environmental acceptability of industrial processes is driving the development of heterogeneous catalysts across the chemical industry, including commodity, specialty and fine chemicals and in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals.

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the most important areas in photoreceptors and light signalling.

For centuries, light has been used to cure various diseases.

Molecular Physical Chemistry: A Concise Introduction focuses on two main aspects of physical chemistry: thermodynamics and reaction dynamics.

Coordination chemistry, as we know it today, has been shaped by major figures from the past, one of whom was Joseph Chatt.

Traditionally, magnetic materials have been metals or, if inorganic compounds such as oxides, of continuous lattice type.

The latest volume in the successful Special Publication Series captures the most recent research findings in the field of food hydrocolloids.

Ionization Methods in Organic Mass Spectrometry is a basic practical guide for scientists of all disciplines who wish to analyse samples by organic mass spectrometry.

Electrochemistry can be an elegant and essential support to synthetic inorganic chemistry.

The breadth and depth of knowledge of gums and stabilisers has increased tremendously over the last two decades, with researchers in industry and academia collaborating to accelerate the growth.

There have been many developments in anaesthesia since Joseph Priestley discovered nitrous oxide.

Introducing the application of free energy correlations to elucidating the mechanisms of organic and bio-organic reactions, this book provides a new and illuminating way of approaching a potentially complex topic.

Food macromolecules play a crucial role in the formulation of a wide range of food products such as beverages, bread, cheese, dressings, desserts, ice-cream, and spreads.

Food Colloids: Fundamentals of Formulation describes the physico-chemical principles underlying the formulation of multi-component, multi-phase food systems.

Food scientists aim to control the taste and texture of existing food products and to formulate new structures of high quality using novel combinations of ingredients and processing methods.