This comprehensive review of cinchona-based chiralilty inducers and their applications covers every topic, including ligands, immobilization and organocatalysis. Each chapter summarizes the scope and limitations of the new methods and technologies, while the final chapter contains carefully selected working procedures of cinchona alkaloid-promoted reactions organized according to reaction type. Invaluable reading for anyone wanting to learn abou ...
Here, Patrick Voss-de Haan, who has been working on scientific applications at the Federal Criminal Police Force for many years, presents a gripping and easily comprehensible introduction to the techniques and methods as well as current and future tasks for preventing and fighting crime. Together with various disciplines – physics, chemistry, materials science and psychology – forensic science is in demand when it comes to solid chains of eviden ...
This is the only book to focus on industrial and environmental applications of synthetic biology, covering 17 of the most promising uses in the areas of biofuel, bioremediation and biomaterials. The contributions are written by experts from academia, non-profit organizations and industry, outlining not only the scientific basics but also the economic, environmental and ethical impact of the new technologies. This makes it not only suitable as su ...
Because the concept and discoveries of cancer stem cells are relatively new, scientists and researchers need an introduction to this dynamic area. Cancer Stem Cells presents a consolidated account of the research done to date and recent progresses in the studies of cancer stem cells. Such a presentation facilitates a better understanding of and draws attention to stem cell and cancer biology – two fields that enhance, move, and evolve into each ...
Kompakt und »verdammt clever« auf den Punkt gebracht – In einfachen Worten und unter Ruckgriff auf Alltagsphanomene werden die Grundlagen der Physikalischen Chemie erarbeitet. Zahlreiche einpragsame Abbildungen, Merksatze, Begriffsdefinitionen und Erlauterungen ermoglichen einen leicht verstandlichen Zugang zu grundlegenden Themen der Physikalischen Chemie. Alle wichtigen Gleichungen werden in ihrer Bedeutung erklart und anhand von Rechenbeispie ...
Kompakt und >verdammt clever< auf den Punkt gebracht – so wird in diesem klar strukturierten Lehrbuch die organische Chemie sehr verstandlich prasentiert. Nicht nur fur angehende Chemiker, Biochemiker und Chemieingenieure, sondern auch fur alle Studierenden der Lebenswissenschaften, Medizin und Pharmazie zahlt die organische Chemie zu den wichtigsten Fachern. Mit dem Blick aufs Wesentliche gerichtet, sind von den grundlegenden Bindungskonzepten, ...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have novel properties that make them potentially useful in many applications in nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science. These characteristics include extraordinary strength, unique electrical properties, and the fact that they are efficient heat conductors. Field emission is the emission of electrons from the surface of a condensed phase into another phase due to the presence of high ele ...
Provides the tools needed to control and remediate the quality of natural water systems Now in its Second Edition, this acclaimed text sets forth core concepts and principles that govern the fate and transport of contaminants in water, giving environmental and civil engineers and students a full set of tools to design systems that effectively control and remediate the quality of natural waters. Readers will find coverage of all major classes of ...
What are the energy sources of the future and what technologies can we rely on? These are the questions that show the precarious situation our planet is in. Which is why we need solid answers – for laypeople and the scientifically-minded as well as for politicians and students of the relevant disciplines. The author provides here a compact and comprehensible overview of our future energy resources. Alongside a detailed and richly illustrated int ...
