Introduction
Inorganic and Bio-Inorganic Chemistry is the component of Encyclopedia of Chemical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Inorganic and Bio-Inorganic Chemistry in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources deals with the discipline which studies the chemistry of the elements of the periodic table. It covers the following topics: From simple to complex compounds; Chemistry of metals; Inorganic synthesis; Radicals reactions with metal complexes in aqueous solutions; Magnetic and optical properties; Inorganometallic chemistry; High temperature materials and solid state chemistry; Inorganic biochemistry; Inorganic reaction mechanisms;Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; Cluster and polynuclear compounds; Structure and bonding in inorganic chemistry; Synthesis and spectroscopy of transition metal complexes; Nanosystems;Computational inorganic chemistry; Energy and inorganic chemistry. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs
Editor(s) Biography
Ivano Bertini born in Pisa in 1940, he received his doctorate in Chemistry at the University of Florence in 1964 and became full professor of Chemistry there in 1975. He is the Director of the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) a Center of Excellence at the University of Florence and a European-funded research infrastructure. His main research interests are nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), the expression and preparation of metalloproteins, their structural characterization, and the investigation of their interactions with an emphasis on understanding cellular processes at the molecular level. He has written over 600 papers and many books. He received the Chugaev Diploma from the Kurnakov Institute of the Academy of Science, USSR, in 1981; the Golden Medal of the Magnetic Resonance Group of the Italian Chemical Society in 1991; the Accademia dei Lincei Prize, Italy, in 1993; the Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht, NL, in 1998; the Sapio NMR Prize, Italy, in 1999; the Cannizzaro Medal of the Italian Chemical Society in 2006; and the Basolo Medal, Northwestern University, USA, in 2006. His special lectures include: A.D. Little Lecturer at MIT, Cambridge, MS, USA, in 1997; E.L. Mütterties Lecturer at Berkeley, CA, USA, in 1997; FECS lecturer, Athens, in 2002 and Swift Lecture, CALTECH, Pasadena, USA, in 2007. He has received three honorary doctorates: Laurea Honoris Causa in Chemistry University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1998; Laurea Honoris Causa in Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece, 2002;-+ Laurea Honoris Causa in Biological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy, 2003. He is a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the Academia Europaea
