Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Dipicolinic Acid, its Analogues, and Derivatives: Aspects of their Coordination Chemistry
(Alvin A. Holder, Lesley C. Lewis-Alleyne, Don vanDerveer, Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot, The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, and others)

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Thiophene-Functionalized Metal Dithiolenes
(Seth C. Rasmussen, Chad M. Amb, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA)

Crystal Chemistry of an Atropisomer: Conformation, Chirality, Aromaticity and Intermolecular Interactions of Diphenylguanidine
(Manuela Ramos Silva, Pedro S. Pereira Silva, Ana Matos Beja, José António Paixão, CEMDRX, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)

Construction and Structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks with Specific Ion-Exchange Property
(Man-Sheng Chen, Zhi Su, Shui-Sheng Chen, Wei-Yin Sun, Coordination Chemistry Institute, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China)

Substituent Effect on the Structures of Zinc 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate Coordination Polymers Synthesized in Dimethyl Sulfoxide
(Shi-Yao Yang, Xiao-Bin Xu, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)

Photon stimulated ozone sensing
(Chunyu Wang, Volker Cimalla, Marcel Himmerlich, Stefan Krischok, Oliver Ambacher, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Germany, and others)

Fiber optic sensors for gas detection
(Shiquan Tao, Haiquan Guo, Department of Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, and others)

Chemical sensors and biosensors based on impedimetric interdigitated electrode array transducers
(Andrey Bratov and Nataliya Abramova, Chemical Transducers Group, Instituto de Microelectronica de Barcelona, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (CSIC), Campus U.A.B., 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain)

Optosensors for (bio)chemical analysis based on phosphorescence detection
(Maria T. Fernandez-Arguelles, José M. Costa-Fernandez, Rosario Pereiro, Alfredo Sanz-Medel, Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Spain)

Non-Specific Chemical Gas Sensor Arrays for Environmental Monitoring of Odour Emissions: A Review
(Jae Ho Sohn, Richard Stuetz, Michael Atzeni, The State of Queensland, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries)

Amperometric biosensor based on Laccase and Meldola’s blue coimmobilized on oxidized multi-wall carbon nanotubes for phenol compounds determination
(Arnaldo C. Pereira, Danielle C. M. Ferreira, Renata K. Mendes, César R. T. Tarley, Nelson Durán, Lauro T. Kubota, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, UFSJ, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Brazil, and others)

Green Chemistry, Climate, and Energy
(Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Dept. of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Bonds Functionnalization
(Jean Le Bras, Emilie Thiery, Institut de Chimie Moleculaire de Reims, CNRS-Univ. Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR des Sciences exactes et naturelles, France)

Preparation and Characterization of Porous Poly(lactic acid) Organically Modified Silica Network Scaffolds
(Tzong-Ming Wu, Yi-Jun Liu, Ming-Feng Chiang and Yi-Hsin Lien, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing Univ.)

Microwave Assisted-Separations: Green Chemistry in Action
(Farid Chemat, Maryline Abert Vian, Zill-e-Huma, UMR, Securite et Qualite des Produits d’Origine Vegetale, INRA, Univ. d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Avignon, France)

Green Analytical Chemistry
(S. Armenta, S. Garrigues and M. de la Guardia*, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Research Building, University of Valencia,
Burjassot, Valencia, Spain)

Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations in Environmentally Benign Media: Current State of the Art
(Victorio Cadierno, Pascale Crochet and Sergio E. Garcia-Garrido, Dept. de Quimica Organica e Inorganica, Instituto Univ. de Quimica, Organiometalica “Enrique Moles” (Unidad Asociada al CSIC), Facultad de Quimica, Univ. de Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain)

Metal-catalyzed Electrophilic Processes in Ionic Liquids
(Valeria Conte, Giulia Fiorani, Barbara Floris, Pierluca Galloni, Valentina Mirruzzo, TM-CNR and Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, Padova (Italy)

Development of Green Chemistry Processes for Metallocomplexe Catalysis
(F.A.Nasirov, F.M.Novruzova, Yu.H.Mamedaliev Institute of Petrochemical Processes, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan)

Oxidation of Ketones in Ionic Liquids with Hydrogen Peroxide and Pt (II) Catalysts. In Search of a More Sustainable Baeyer-Villiger Reaction
(Valeria Conte, Barbara Floris, Valentina Mirruzzo, Paolo Sgarbossa, Daniela Sordi, Giorgio Strukul, Dipartimento Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, via della
Ricerca Scientifica, Roma, Italy)

“Greening” of Free Radical Benzylic Bromination
(Marko Zupan and Jernej Iskrab, a Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, b Laboratory of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Physical and Organic Chemistry, ˝Jožef Stefan˝ Institute, Jamova, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Inhibitory Effects of “Green” Additives on the Crystal Growth of Sparingly Soluble Salts
(Konstantinos D. Demadis, Crystal Engineering, Growth & Design Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Mualla Oner, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Yildiz Technical Univ., Davutpasa, Istanbul, Turkey)

Environmental Impact of A Lignite-Fired Power Plant Operation: The Case of Megalopolis, Southern Greece
(H. Papaefthymious, Division of Physical, Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece)

The Enhanced Deposition of 137 Cs Fallout in Tropical Cloud Forests
(John J. LaBrecque, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificos-IVIC, Caracus, Venezuela)

Ceramic in Ancient Societies: A Role for Nuclear Methods of Analysis
(M. Isabel Prudencio, Instituto Tecnologio e Nuclear, Sacavem, Portugal)

Effect of Biosubstances on the ROS Formation by Depleted Uranium
(Akira Nakajima, Emiko Matsuda, Division of Chemistry, Dept. of Medical Science, Yuto Ueda, Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan)

Rapid and Automated Analytical Technologies for Radiological/Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
(Dominic Lariviere, Jeffrey C. Whyte, Weihua Zhang, Ian Hoffman, R. Kurt Ungar, Sonia Johnson, R. Jack Cornett, Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

Fiber Bragg Gratings and their Applications as Temperature and Humidity Sensors
(Qiying Chen and Ping Lu, Dept. of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada)

Oxa-Pentanediamide and Oxa-Glutaramic Acid: New and Promising Ligands in Nuclear Industry
(Ping Zhang and Hairong Wang, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China)

Application of Centrifugal Contactors in Partitioning of High Level Waste in China
(Wuhua Duan, Jianchen Wang, Jing Chen, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China)

Effectiveness Assessment of Corrosion Inhibitors of Bronze Surfaces, An Application of the Thin Layer Activation Technique to Materials of Interest in the Field of Cultural Heritage
(G. Laguzzi, L. Luvidi, E. Gregori, Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma, Monterotondo Stazione (Roma), Italy)

Binding and Structure Properties in Monte Carlo Simulation for Non-Isosymmetric Nuclei
(M. Angeles Perez-Garcia, Dept. of Fundamental Physics and IUFFyM, Univ. de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, Salamanca)

Index