TY  - CHAP
AU  - Ndibewu Peter Papoh
ED  - Peter Papoh Ndibewu
Y1  - 2018-12-27
PY  - 2018
T1  - Introductory Chapter: Chalcogen Chemistry - The Footprint into New Materials Development
N2  - This is a handy textbook comprised of chapters introducing the fundamentals of chalcogen chemistry with a focus on chalcogens and selected derived compounds and/or materials with illustrative practical applications. These low-valent chemistry elements of Group 16 or group VI- in the modern periodic table include oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and polonium (Po), and they exhibit extremely interesting properties. They are endowed with supramolecular and structure bonding reactivities that allow them to form a variety of new compounds with sophisticated characteristics, thus making their way into a new era of materials development. It is hoped that readers of this textbook with a general background knowledge in chemistry, biogeochemistry, biochemistry, biology, food, agriculture, and also medicine, as well as pharmacy, will find the chapters enriching in new knowledge. An introductory chapter orients readership in this particular field of chemistry with a summative focus on the multidisciplinary approach employed in the compilation of the chapters. As such, the text is suitable for scientists, technologists, students, as well as those whose major interest is chalcogen chemistry, with particular interests in the chalcogen compounds and materials.
BT  - Chalcogen Chemistry
SP  - Ch. 1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82542
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.82542
SN  - 978-1-78985-020-8
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-26
ER  -