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Pankaj



Muthupandian Ashokkumar

Editors

Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry Involving Inorganic Systems

Editors Prof. Pankaj Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra 282 110 Uttar Pradesh India [email protected]; [email protected]

Prof. Muthupandian Ashokkumar University of Melbourne School of Chemistry 3010 Parkville Victoria Australia [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-3886-9 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3887-6 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3887-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937992 # Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

I began my research into Sonochemistry over 30 years ago now and at that time it was for me an exploration of the unknown. In 1988 with my colleague Phil Lorimer we wrote the first book to carry in its title the word Sonochemistry with a subtitle “Theory applications and uses of ultrasound in chemistry”. In recent years, Sonochemistry has shown significant growth in a variety of fields no longer limited to chemistry with special attention being paid to materials science, environmental protection, food technology and therapy. Indeed the overall breadth of sonochemistry is expanding to such an extent that it now encompasses hybrid technologies involving combinations of ultrasound with electrochemistry, photochemistry and microwaves. In particular great attention has been focused on the synthesis of functional nano- and microparticles involving both biological and inorganic materials. The publication of new text books and monographs reflects the health of a subject and so it is with great pleasure that I write this Foreword for the book, Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry Involving Inorganic Systems, Edited by Professors Pankaj and Ashokkumar. Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry Involving Inorganic Systems is a unique compilation of theoretical and experimental studies involving water based systems and chemical rather than biological species. This is really where sonochemistry began and so it is appropriate to have the more recent studies in aqueous systems brought together in one volume. When ultrasound is introduced into such systems the chemistry becomes quite fascinating as a result of the influence of acoustic cavitation both from the points of view of chemical and physical effects. This book contains chapters that deal with various aspects of sonochemical research

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