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PLENUM: CHEMISTRY

October/November/December 1998

(Volume 5 in Methods of Surface Characterization)

BEAM EFFECTS, SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY, AND DEPTH PROFILING IN SURFACE ANALYSIS

Edited by Alvin W. Czanderna, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, Theodore E. Madey, Rutgers, Piscataway, New Jersey, and Cedric J. Powell, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Written as a tutorial guide for newcomers to the field of surface analysis, this work is the first book ever published to feature photon, electron, and ion beam effects and beam damage to solids during surface and near-surface analysis and depth profiling. This introductory text describes the principles, techniques, and methods vital for efficient surface analysis. A wealth of practical information is assembled in this single volume, including summary tables, extensive references, and 251 illustrative figures.

Electronic materials and devices; materials science; analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy (G5,H1,J1,J5,J7,J10) SSO Code: 717 ISBN 0-306-45896-9 approx. 450 pp.

US and Canada $125.00/elsewhere $150.00

CONTENTS: Photon Beam Damage at Solid Surfaces (J.H. Thomas, III). Electron Beam Damage at Solid Surfaces (C.G. Pantano et al.). Ion Beam Bombardment Effects on Solid Surfaces at Energies Used for Sputter Depth Profiling (L.S. Dake et al.). Characterization of Surface Topography (T.V. Vorburger et al.). Depth Profiling Using Sputtering Methods (H.W. Werner, P.R. Boudewijn). Index.

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY AND FLUORESCENT PROBES; VOLUME 2

Based on the proceedings of the Second Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic, April 9–12, 1997.

Edited by Jan Slavík, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Biophysics; analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy; microscopy (G5,G9,J1)

ISBN 0-306-46021-1 approx. 292 pp. US and Canada $95.00/elsewhere $114.00

CONTENTS: Invited Review Lectures: Recent Developments in Fluorescence Microscopy; Long-Lived Metal-Ligand Probes; Three-Photon Excitation and Optical Control of Excited State Population (J.R. Lakowicz et al.). Computer Simulations of the Behavior of Hydrophobic Probe Molecules in Lipid Bilayers (H.C. Gerritsen, Y.K. Levine). New Developments in Fluorescence Instrumentation: Two-Photon Excitation in Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (H.C. Gerritsen et al.). High Precision Localization of Fluorescent Targets in the Nanometer Range by Spatially Modulated Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy (B. Schneider et al.). Fluorescent Probes: Radiation-Induced Structural Changes in Biological Membranes; Steady-State Fluorescence Polarization and Phase Fluorometry Studies (A. Berroud et al.). Nucleic Acid Labels: Biological Dosimetry Using the Fast-FISH Technique for Rapid Labeling of all Human Centromeres (I. Sorokine-Durm et al.). Other Fluorescent Labels and Markers and Fluorogenic Sustrates: Involvement of the Aromatic Aminoacids (Phe16 and Trp37) of the HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein in the Binding to the Homologous tRNA-Lys,3 and the Heterologous tRNA-Phe: A Fluorescence Spectroscopy Investigation (Y. Mely). 33 additional articles. Index.

INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

Proceedings of the Second Structural Chemistry Indaba held in Kruger Park, South Africa, August 3–8, 1997. Edited by Werner Gans, Free University of Berlin, Germany, and Jan C. A. Boeyens, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Crystallography; physical chemistry; solid-state chemistry (G2,H5,H6)

ISBN 0-306-45922-1 approx. 166 pp. US and Canada $95.00/elsewhere $114.00

CONTENTS: Intermolecular Interactions (S.O. Sommerer). Intermolecular Bonding (J.C.A. Boeyens). Chemical Reactions in the Framework of Single Quantum Systems (A. Amann). The Molecule and Its Environment (B.T. Sutcliffe). Dynamic Aspects of Intermolecular Interactions (J.F. Ogilvie). Atomic Interactions and the Charge Density (T. Koritsánszky). Cyclometallation of Alkylphosphines (M.T. Benson, T.R. Cundari). C–H...O Hydrogen Bonds in Organometallic Crystals (D. Braga, F. Grepioni). The Importance of Intra- and Intermolecular Weak Bonds in Transition Metal Coordination Compounds (P. Comba). Relationships between Experiment and Theory in the Study of Intermolecular Interactions (F.H. Allen). Study of Intermolecular Interactions Using Crystal Structure Database as Reference: A Preliminary Report on the Adjustment of van der Waals Constants (E. Õsawa et al.). Reactivity in Solid State and Electron Deformation Density Determinations (C. Krüger et al.). Metal Amine Carboxylates as Hydronium Ion Traps (I. Bernal et al.). Index.

(A volume in Modern Inorganic Chemistry)

OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Edited by D. Max Roundhill, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, and John P. Fackler, Jr., Texas A&M University, College Station.

The field of inorganic chemistry is shifting its focus to preparing compounds with potentially useful applications in optics and electronics. This notable text was developed in response to increasing demands for high-performance compounds—compounds with non-linear optical and photoconducting properties; novel emissive properties; tunable emissive or electroactive centers to act as selective sensors for organic, inorganic, and biochemical substances; or pressure-sensitive optical properties. A description of the state-of-the-art in this dynamic field from the viewpoint of the inorganic chemist, this is the ideal resource for information on new optoelectronic materials. 250 illustrations complement the text. Inorganic chemistry; materials science (G3,J1)

SSO Code: 612 ISBN 0-306-45557-9 approx. 404 pp.

US and Canada $115.00/elsewhere $138.00

CONTENTS: Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Transition Metal Complexes (G.M. Gray, C.M. Lawson). Electroluminescence in Molecular Materials (S. Sibley et al.). Nonlinear Optical Properties of Inorganic Clusters (S. Shi). Organometallics for Nonlinear Optics (N. Long). Efficient Photovoltaic Solar Cells Based on Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Oxide Films (K. Kalyanasundaram, M. Grätzel). Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of Gold(I) Complexes (J.M. Forward et al.). Pressure Effects on Emissive Materials (J. Kenney). Photoluminescence of Inorganic Semiconductors for Chemical Sensor Applications (M.C. Ko, G. Meyer). Optical Sensors with Metal Ions (D.M. Roundhill). Metallo-organic Materials for Optical Telecommunications (S.V. Kershaw). Index.

(A volume in Topics in Applied Chemistry)

ORGANIC PHOTOCHROMIC AND THERMOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS; VOLUME 1: PHOTOCHROMIC FAMILIES

Edited by John C. Crano, Late of PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and Robert Guglielmetti, University of Aix-Marseille II, Marseille, France.

This major treatise on photochromism involving organic molecules and derived systems is a result of increased international interest in the field. Volume 1 offers a detailed examination of the synthesis and specific photochromic properties of the best-known photochromic and thermochromic compounds. It includes numerous physico-chemical methods by which photochromic substances can be studied as well as practical information and commercial applications for known photochromic families. Organic chemistry; materials science; polymer science (G1,G7,J1)

SSO Code: 667 ISBN 0-306-45882-9 approx. 369 pp.

US and Canada $125.00/elsewhere $150.00

CONTENTS: Spiropyrans (R.C. Bertelson). Spirooxazines (S. Maeda). Benzo- and Naphthopyrans (Chromenes) (B. Van Gemert). Fulgide Family Compounds (M.G. Fan et al.). Diarylethenes with Heterocyclic Aryl Groups (M. Irié). Photochromism of Dihydroindolizines and Related Systems (H. Dürr). Photochromic Quinones (V. Barachevsky). Perimidine Spirocyclohexadienones (V. Minkin et al.). Photochromism by Electron Transfer: "Photochromic Viologens" (M. Nanasawa). Photochromic Polymers (K. Ichimura). Photodegradation of Organic Photochromes (V. Malatesta). Photokinetics under Continuous Irradiation (J.-C. Micheau et al.). E.P.R. and Radical Processes (A. Alberti). Molecular Modeling - Calculations (S. Nakamura). The Enantiomers of 2-Donor-Substituted Benzopyrans and Benzo-1,4-oxazines and Their Thermal Racemization (A. Mannschreck et al.). Structural Studies by X-ray Diffraction (S. Aldoshin). New Trends in Raman Studies of Organic Photochromes (J. Aubard). Biological Applications - Supramolecular Chemistry (M. Inouye). Thermochromism of Organic Compounds (A. Samat, V. Lokshin). Index.

STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS OF ASPHALTENES

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Asphaltenes at the Fine Particle Society Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, August 23–24, 1995, and the Symposium on Asphaltene and Resid Characterization held in San Francisco, California, April 13–17, 1998.

Edited by Oliver C. Mullins, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Eric Y. Sheu, Texaco, Inc., Beacon, New York.

Surface and colloid science; polymer science; cryogenics (G7,J7)

ISBN 0-306-45930-2 approx. 432 pp. US and Canada $150.00/elsewhere $180.00

CONTENTS: Asphaltenes in the Unifying Principles of Carbonaceous Sources (T.F. Yen). The Structure and Dynamics of Aromatic Moieties in Crude Oils and Asphaltenes (O.C. Mullins). Molecular Structure and Intermolecular Interaction of Asphaltenes by NMR, IR and ESR (R. Scotti). Physics of Asphaltene Colloids (E.Y. Sheu). Characterization of the Colloidal Structural Evolution from Stable to Flocculated State of Asphaltene and Resin Suspensions and Heavy Crudes (D. Espinat et al.). The Colloidal Structure of Coal Asphaltenes (M. Lino). Characterization and Phase Behavior of Asphaltenic Crude Oils (K.A. Ferworn, W.Y. Svrcek). Conductivity of Asphaltenes (P. Fotland). Asphaltene Colloids in Asphalt (C. Glover). Characterization of Heavy Oils Using Hydrodynamic Property Measurements (R. Baltus). Crude Oil Emulsions (J. Sjoblom). Effect of Asphaltene Solvency and Emulsion Stability in Water in Crude Oil Emulsions (P. Kilpatrick). Index.

WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS; SOLUTION PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society held in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 7–11, 1997.

Edited by Zahid Amjad, The B.F. Goodrich Company, Brecksville, Ohio.

Polymer science; surface and colloid science; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (G6,G7,J1,J7)

ISBN 0-306-45931-0 approx. 252 pp. US and Canada $125.00/elsewhere $150.00

CONTENTS: Kinetics of Adsorption for Hydrophobically Modified Poly(Acrylic Acids) at Cyclohexane/Water Interfaces (C.J. Rulison). Effects of Solid Concentration on Polymer Adsorption and Conformation (T. Chen et al.). Water Solubility Characteristics of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) and Gels Prepared by Freezing/Thawing Processes (C.M. Hassan et al.). Enzymatic Modification of Guar Solutions: Viscosity-Molecular Weight Relationship (A. Tayal et al.). The Influence of Additives and Impurities on Crystallization Kinetics: An Interfacial Tension Approach (W. Wu, G.H. Nancollas). Inhibition of Hydroxyapatite Growth In Vivo by Glycosaminoglycans: The Effect of Size, Sulfation, and Primary Structure (P. Paschalakis et al.). Influence of Humic Compounds on the Crystal Growth of Hydroxyapatite (Z. Amjad, M.M. Reddy). Crystal Growth of Hydroxyapatite In Vitro and Dental Calculus and Plaque Formation on Human Teeth In Vivo (A. Gaffar et al.). Adsorption of Hydroxypropylcellulose on Hydroxyapatite via Formation of Surface Complex with Sodium Dodecylsulfate (S. Shimabayashi et al.). The Inhibition of Calcium Carbonate Formation by Copolymers Containing Maleic Acid (P.G. Klepetsanis et al.). 9 additional chapters. Index.