Electrochemistry and magnetochemistry Books

Book SynopsisThe Li-ion battery market is growing fast due to its ever increasing number of applications, from electric vehicles to portable devices. These devices are in demand due to safety reasons, energy efficiency, high power density and long life duration, which drive the need for more efficient electrochemical energy storage systems. The aim of this book is to provide the challenges and perspectives for Li-ion batteries (chapters 1 and 2), at the negative electrode as well as at the positive electrode, and for technologies beyond the Li-ion with the emerging Na-ion batteries and multivalent (Mg, Al, Ca, etc) systems (chapters 4 and 5). The aim is also to alert on the necessity to develop the recycling methods of the millions of produced batteries which are going to further flood our societies (chapter 3), and also to continuously increase the safety of the energy storage systems. For the latter challenge, it is interesting to seriously consider polymer electrolytes and batteries as an alternative (chapter 6).This book will take readers inside recent breakthroughs made in the electrochemical energy systems. It is a collaborative work of experts from the most known teams in the batteries field in Europe and beyond, from academics as well as from manufacturers.

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Book SynopsisAll-solid-state batteries have gained much attention as the next-generation batteries. This book is about various Li ion ceramic electrolytes and their applications to all-solid-state battery. It contains a wide range of topics from history of ceramic electrolytes and ion conduction mechanisms to recent research achievements. Here oxide-type and sulfide-type ceramic electrolytes are described in detail. Additionally, their applications to all-solid-state batteries, including Li-air battery and Li-S battery, are reviewed.Consisting of fundamentals and advanced technology, this book would be suitable for beginners in the research of ceramic electrolytes; it can also be used by scientists and research engineers for more advanced development.

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Book SynopsisThis work covers new developments in the field of molecular nanomagnetism, complementing previous books in this area (for example the volume by Gatteschi, Sessoli and Villain on Single Molecule Magnets). The book is written by experts in the field and is intended as a compilation of critical reviews of new areas rather than a comprehensive text.Table of ContentsSynthesis of Molecular Nanomagnets (G Aromi & R E P Winpenny); Nanoscale Magnetic Grids (L K Thompson); Magnetic Anisotropy in Molecular Clusters (B S Tsukerblat); Developing and Testing Models in Magnetic Molecules (M Luban et al.); Spin Clusters for Quantum Information Processing (S Carretta & P Santini); EPR Spectroscopy of Molecular Nanomagnets (E J L McInnes); Molecular Spintronics (W Wernsdorfer); Spin-Phonon Interactions in Molecular Magnets (M Affronte); INS Studies of Molecular Cluster Magnets (T Guidi).

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Book SynopsisThis book is a brief introductory text of the fundamental electrochemistry that is essential for important biomedical areas including electrophysiology, biosensors and even gene technology. The book targets readers who generally lack a substantial background knowledge in physical chemistry or the basic concepts in electricity for understanding most of the electrochemical textbooks, monographs or research articles. The contents are expressed in a concise and concept-by-concept manner with basic material such as math or optional applications appended in the appendices. Hopefully, it will be a quick and efficient solution for those who are eager to understand, handle and even develop an electrochemical method or tool by themselves.Co-publish with National Taiwan University. Distributed worldwide by World Scientific Publishing Co. except Taiwan.Table of ContentsMembrane Potential; Conductivity; Redox Potential; Amperometric Measurement; Steady-State Voltammetry; Transient Voltammetry; Interface Impedance; Oscillation and QCM; Electrophoresis.

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Book SynopsisThis new volume documents the transition from the development of electrochemical monitoring of brain function, now more than 40 years old, to fundamental neuroscience. This includes the links of molecular neuroscience to biobehavior, to a molecular understanding of neurologically-linked diseases and to the investigation of neuroactive molecules made possible by new detection methodology. This work should be of interest to a broad audience, especially those who are engaged in neuroscience research, for example in drug discovery, but are not familiar with electrochemical methodology.Table of ContentsUsing Biosensors to Probe Fundamental Questions of Sleep; Cortical Colinergic Transients for Cue Detection and Attentional Mode Shifts; Real-Time Measurement of ATP and Adenosine in the Nervous System; Electrochemical Detection of Adenosine In Vivo; Real time In Vivo Neurotransmitter Measurements using Enzyme-Based Ceramic Microelectrode Arrays: What We Have Learned About Glutamate Signaling; Enzyme-Based Microbiosensors for Selective Quantification of Rapid Molecular Fluctuations in Brain Tissue; Monitoring and Modulating Dopamine Release and Unit Activity in Real-Time; Quantitative Chemical Measurements of Vesicular Transmitters with Single Cell Amperometry and Electrochemical Cytometry; Coupling Voltammetry with Optogenetics to Reveal Axonal Control of Dopamine Transmission by Striatal Acetylcholine; Electrochemical Recordings During Deep Brain Stimulation in Animals and Humans: WINCS, MINCS, and Closed Loops DBS; Sweet Leaf: Neurochemical Advances Reveal How Cannabinoids Affect Brain Dopamine Concentrations; Probing Serotonin Neurotransmission: Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Voltammetric Analysis of Loss and Gain of Dopamine Function; Measurements of Dopamine Release and Uptake in Huntington's Disease Model Rodents; Characterizing Neuropeptide Release: From Isolated Cells to Intact Animals; Advancing Chronic Intracortical Electrode Recording Function; Measurement of Cytokines in the Brain;

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Book SynopsisThis 2-volume set provides the reader with a basic understanding of the foundational concepts pertaining to the design, synthesis, and applications of conjugated organic materials used as organic semiconductors, in areas including organic photovoltaic devices, light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, spintronics, actuation, bioelectronics, thermoelectrics, and nonlinear optics.While there are many monographs in these various areas, the emphasis here is both on the fundamental chemistry and physics concepts underlying the field of organic semiconductors and on how these concepts drive a broad range of applications. This makes the volumes ideal introductory textbooks in the subject. They will thus offer great value to both junior and senior scientists working in areas ranging from organic chemistry to condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering.Number of Illustrations and Tables: 168 b/w illus., 242 colour illus., 13 tables.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Basic Concepts: An Introduction to the Electronic Structure of pi-Conjugated Molecules and Polymers, and to the Concept of Electronic Bands (Jean-Luc Bredas, Seth R Marder & Jean-Marie Andre); DFT 101 and Applications to pi-Conjugated Systems (Thomas Korzdorfer & Jean-Luc Bredas); The Molecular Dynamics Method: An Introduction (Claudio Zannoni); Photophysical Properties of Molecular Aggregates "101" (Frank C Spano & David Beljonne); Introduction to the Theory of Metal/Organic Interfaces (Georg Heimel); Experimental Characterization of Interfaces of Relevance to Organic Electronics (Gabriel Man, James Endres, Xin Lin & Antoine Kahn); Charge Transport in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors (Yuan Li, Veaceslav Coropceanu & Jean-Luc Bredas); Experimental Characterization of Charge and Exciton Transport in Organic Semiconductors (Wei Xie, S Matthew Menke, C Daniel Frisbie & Russell J Holmes); Impact of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure on Transport: Basic Concepts (Alberto Salleo); Nonlinear Optics (Andre Persoons); Understanding the Relationships among Molecular Structure, Excited-State Properties, and Polarizabilities of pi-conjugated Chromophores (Rebecca L Gieseking, Chad Risko, Seth R Marder & Jean-Luc Bredas); Volume 2: Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Applications: Conducting Polymers: Redox States in Conjugated Systems (James F Ponder Jr & John R Reynolds); OFETs: Basic Concepts and Material Designs (Wen-Ya Lee, Jianguo Mei & ZhenanBao); Engineering Applications of OFETs in Flexible and Stretchable Electronics (Martin Kaltenbrunner & Takao Someya); Semiconducting Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications (Rene Janssen); Organic Photovoltaics: Physical Concepts Behind Device Operation (Bernard Kippelen); Organic Semiconductors: Manipulation and Control of the Microstructure of Active Layers (Neil D Treat, Paul Westacott & Natalie Stingelin); Organic Light-Emitting Devices (Rasha Hamze, Peter I Djurovich & Mark E Thompson); Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (Dan Credgington and Richard H Friend); Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers (Xavier Crispin); Effects of Magnetic Fields in Organic Devices: Basic Concepts (Eitan Ehrenfreund & Z Valy Vardeny); Organic Conducting Polymer Actuators (W Zheng, G M Spinks & G G Wallace); Organic Bioelectronics for Interfacing with the Brain (Christophe Bernard, Daniel T Simon & George G Malliaras); NLO: Electro-Optic Applications (Larry Dalton, Matthias Lauermann & Christian Koos); Two-Photon Absorption: Concepts, Molecular Materials and Applications (Joel M Hales, San-Hui Chi, Vincent W Chen & Joseph W Perry );

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