Bücher von Alexander Novikov

A word ¿indicator¿ is familiar to everyone - it is applied to any device capable of giving out some information about a process or an object. However, in chemistry, more precisely, in analytical chemistry, this term is used quite in a certain sense. The ¿litmus paper¿ is well-known as a source of information about liquid solutions of bases and acids. The author of this book deals with colour indicators of the ambient gas components. Those indicators are based not on the paper but on the throughout nanoporous transparent glass permeable to the molecules arriving from the gas ambience. Basic ideas are elucidated and discussed as well as prototype sensors of the gas analyzers for use in monitoring of the atmosphere and technological gas media.

Non-covalent interactions in coordination and organometallic compounds (hydrogen, halogen, chalcogen, pnictogen, tetrel, and semi-coordination bonds; agosic and anagosic interactions; stacking, anion-/cation-π interactions; metallophilic interactions, etc.) are topical in modern chemistry, materials science, crystal engineering, and related fields of knowledge. Both experimental and theoretical methods are widely used for investigations of the nature and various properties of such weak contacts in gas, liquid, and solid states. Non-covalent interactions could be the driving force to design smart materials with valuable redox, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, and optical properties, which is promising for the manufacture of LEDs, photovoltaic cells of solar power plants, porous structures, sensors, battery cells, and liquid crystals.This Special Issue highlights and presents an overview of modern trends in non-covalent interactions in coordination and organometallic compounds, and bringing various different types to the attention of the scientific community.