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Providing a glimpse into the future, the young scientists contributing here were considered to be the most important for tomorrow's chemistry and materials science. They present the state of the art in their particular fields of research, with topics ranging from new synthetic pathways and nanotechnology to green chemistry.Of major interest to organic chemists, materials scientists and biochemists.
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PART ONE SELF-ORGANIZATION, NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGYSubcomponent Self-Assembly as a Route to New Structures and MaterialsMolecular Metal Oxides and Clusters as Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Architectures and Potential NanosystemsNanostructured Porous Materials: Building Matter from the Bottom UpStrategies Toward Hierarchically Structured Optoelectronically Active PolymersMimicking Nature: Bio-inspired Models of Copper ProteinsFrom the Past to the Future of RotaxanesMultiphoton Processes and Nonlinear Optics in Lanthanide ComplexesOrganic Molecular Nanotechnology: Light-emitting Organic Nanoaggregates from Functionalized para-QuaterphenylenesPlant Viral Capsids as Programmable Nanobuilding BlocksNew Calorimetric Approaches to the Study of Soft Matter 3D OrganizationPART TWO ORGANIC SYNTHESIS, CATALYSIS AND MATERIALSNaphthalenediimides as Photoactive and Electroactive Components in Supramolecular ChemistryCoordination Chemistry of Phosphole Ligands Substituted with Pyridyl Moieties: From Catalysis to Nonlinear Optics and Supramolecular AssembliesSelective Hydrogen Transfer Reactions over Supported Copper Catalysts Leading to Simple, Safe, and Clean Protocols for Organic SynthesisSelective Oxido-Reductive Processes by Nucleophilic Radical Addition under Mild ConditionsPART THREE HEALTH, FOOD, AND ENVIRONMENTSpeeding Up Discovery Chemistry: New Perspectives in Medicinal ChemistryOverview of Protein-Tannin InteractionsPhotochemical Transformation Processes of Environmental Significance
About the author
Bruno Pignataro, born in Bologna in 1972, is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Palermo. He received his degree in chemistry in 1995 from the University of Catania and his PhD in materials science five years later. He has helped establish a wide network of international collaborations and organized more than 10 meetings at national and international level, including coordinating the Young Chemists Group of the Italian Chemical Society and chairing the 1st and the 2nd European Young Chemist Award. He is a referee for several leading chemistry and materials journals, has more than 50 scientific publications and about 80 conference communications to his name, along with several invited lectures.Professor Pignataros research interests focus on the related fields of the physical chemistry of molecular surfaces and soft nanotechnologies. He is in the Editorial Board of Chemistry Central Journal, is editing by La Chimica e l'Industria a new heading on Critical Reviews and also acted as the editor of the recently published book, 'Tommorow's Chemistry Today: Concepts in Nanoscience, Organic Materials and Environmental Chemistry', which provides an overview of rising young scientists in the fields of organic materials, nanotechnology and environmental chemistry.
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Providing a glimpse into the future, the young scientists contributing here were considered to be the most important for tomorrow's chemistry and materials science. They present the state of the art in their particular fields of research, with topics ranging from new synthetic pathways and nanotechnology to green chemistry.
Of major interest to organic chemists, materials scientists and biochemists.
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