The pepper fruit is commonly consumed as fresh fruit. In addition, the fruit is used in food industry and in manufacture processing, either ferment...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the properties, health effects and environmental issues relating to phosphorus. ...

This book demonstrates outstanding improvement of photo-catalytic degradative efficiency by the coupling of microwave (MW) radiation with the titan...

This book presents current research in the study of photochemistry, including novel electron-transfer three-component visible light photoinitiating...

This new century will be an age in which humanity will strive for the recovery and preservation of a more natural environment and also for the esta...

The effect of polyvalent dopants on photoinduced defect formation was studied in different glasses. Ionisation of the glass matrix results in intri...

This book explores the safety of phthalates and bisphenol-A in everyday consumer products. The American Chemistry Council represents the leading bu...

Metallic, organic and mineral glasses evolve similarly with the time and approach an equilibrium state. This physical aging, a basic feature of the...

Water pollution occurs when toxic pollutants of varying kinds (organic, inorganic, radioactive and so on) are directly or indirectly discharged int...

Early people confronted with illness and disease, discovered a wealth of useful therapeutic agents in the plant kingdoms. The term "phytochemicals"...

The consumption of phytosterols (plant sterols and/or stanols) can reduce cardiovascular risk by reducing hypercholesterolemia. In addition to redu...

The pea Pisum sativum are rich in proteins and dietary fiber and contribute considerably to the total dietary protein requirements. Peas are abunda...

Since the discovery of plastics several decades ago, the widespread consumption of plastic products and their subsequent inappropriate disposal and...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the compounds, production and applications of platinum. Topics discussed include...

In recent years, many researchers have devoted considerable attention to the development of membrane science and technology. Different important ty...

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a thermoplastic biodegradable polyester, which has had biomedical application in the 1970s and 1980s as a long-term drug ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds that consist of fused aromatic rings and do not contain heteroatoms or carry substit...

Polydimethylsiloxane is a non-conducting, silicone-based elastomer that is of widespread interest due to its flexibility and ease of micromolding f...

In this book, Chapter One discusses the structural properties and phase behavior of neutral and partially charged diblock copolymers in solution. C...

The authors of this book examine polyethers and polyethylene glycol. The first chapter in particular gives a systematic, balanced and comprehensive...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is an aliphatic-aromatic and semicrystalline thermoplastic polyester of prime commercial and industrial importance...

The monograph is of interest to scientists specialising in physical chemistry. The results of research of polyfunctional stabilisers from the point...