Author: Mário J. F. Calvete

FUTURE TRENDS FOR TOP MATERIALS

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ISBN: 978-1-68108-125-0 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-124-3 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2016
DOI: 10.2174/97816810812431160101

Introduction

This reference focuses on defined types of compounds which are of interest to readers who are motivated to explore basic information about new materials for advanced industrial applications. General and established synthetic methodologies for several compounds are explained giving a straightforward approaches for researchers who intend to pursue new projects in materials sciences, This book presents 9 chapters, covering phthalocyanines, polymethines, porphyrins, BODIPYs, dendrimers, carbon allotropes, organic frameworks, nanoparticles and future prospects. Each chapter covers detailed synthetic aspects of the most established preparation routes for the specific compounds, while giving a historical perspective, with selective information on actual and outstanding applications of each material, unraveling what likely might be the future for each category. This book is intended as a hands-on reference guide for undergraduates and graduates interested in industrial chemistry and materials science.

Foreword

Chemistry is central to science, engineering and medicine, and has been at the forefront of the development of advanced materials for applications ranging from personal electronics, lighting and displays, solar energy conversion, energy storage, through environmental remediation, to clinical diagnosis, and advanced therapies for the treatment of cancer.

In this book, Future Trends for Top Materials, my colleague Mário J. F. Calvete presents an extensive review of the chemistry of some of the most important materials for these applications. These include the pyrrole-based systems phthalocyanines, porphyrins, porphyrinoids, boron dipyrromethene (bodipy) dyes, together with polymethine (cyanine) systems, and the carbon allotropes of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene. Further, from our understanding of mechanisms, stereochemistry and chemical bonding, it is now possible to design molecular architecture with specific materials functions. Dendrimers, metal-organic and covalent- organic frameworks are discussed within this perspective. The author also considers relevant aspects of metal and semiconductor based nanoparticles, including superparamagnetic systems and quantum dots. In the final chapter, he summarizes possible achievements based on relevancy of the most important materials.

All of the systems discussed are treated in terms of their synthesis and functionalization, before discussing their most important applications (real and potential). Examples are given in catalysis, photovoltaics, sensing, imaging, nonlinear optics, optoelectronics, biomedicine… This book provides both a good starting point for those entering the field, and a presentation of the state-of-the-art in for more experienced researchers.

The author is to be commended for both the breadth and depth of the work described, and for the extensive bibliography. This can form the basis for a course in advanced materials chemistry, but also acts as an excellent entry for those starting research in this area.

The author, Mário Calvete, has extensive experience in many of the topics discussed, and is to be commended for this excellent publication.

Hugh D. Burrows
Chemistry Department
University of Coimbra,
Portugal


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