Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Nanocellulose: A Review and Directions for Research
M. H. Rubiyah^1,2, Krishnakumar Melethil¹, Sharon Varghese¹ and Bejoy Thomas^1
1Mahatma Gandhi University Centre for Research in Chemistry, Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India
²Mahatma Gandhi University Centre for Research in Chemistry, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India

Chapter 2. Influence of Microwave Sintering on Hydroxyapatite Modified Materials
M. Kumeda, L. B. Sukhodub and L. F. Sukhodub
Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine

Chapter 3. Medico-Biological Aspects of Hydroxylapatite Application and Its Bioactive Coatings
M. Kumeda, A. Korenkov, L. B. Sukhodub and L. F. Sukhodub
Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine

Chapter 4. Active Packaging for Food Material
Gargi Ghoshal
Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh

Chapter 5. Use of TPD to Characterize the Strength of Amine Interaction with the Metal Surface in Pd Catalysts
Jiří Krupka, Lenka Černá and Dana Bílková
Department of Organic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology,
Prague, Czech Republic, European Union

Chapter 6. Enzyme-Free Bilirubin Probe Development with Nanocrystal Materials
Mohammed M. Rahman¹, Jahir Ahmed², Abdullah M. Asiri¹, Mohammad A. Hasnat³, Md Rezaur Rahman⁴, Md. Reazuddin Repon⁵, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah⁶, Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury⁷ and Al-Nakib Chowdhury^8
1Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) & Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
²Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Advanced Materials and Nano-Research Centre, Najran University, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
⁴Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia, Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
⁵Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
⁶Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China
⁷Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, Bangladesh
⁸Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Chapter 7. Synthesis and Physical Characterization of Erbium Niobate Ceramics
S. Devesa^1,2, P. S. P. da Silva¹, M. P. Graça², L. C. Costa² and J. A. Paixão^1
1CFisUC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
²I3N and Physics Department, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Chapter 8. Metal-Guided Photochromism: Progress and Prospects
Pranesh Chowdhury* and Nandagopal Bar
Polymer and Nano Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

Index