Chemistry: The Key to our Sustainable Future

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Elastomeric Actuators Based on Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate and Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 1-14
Identification of Volatile Compounds from Flowers and Aromatic Plants: How and Why?....Pages 15-39
An Investigation into the Use of Concept Cartoons in the Teaching of “Metals and the Reactivity Series” at the Secondary Level....Pages 41-66
Electron Correlation Energy in the Ground State of the Helium Sequence....Pages 67-74
Hydrocarbon Generating Potentials of Benue Trough Coals....Pages 75-91
Risk Assessment and Toxic Effects of Exposure to Nanoparticles Associated with Natural and Anthropogenic Sources....Pages 93-103
Immunomodulatory Activity of Phenolic Fraction from Piper Borbonense and Cassytha Filiformis Growing in Comoros Islands....Pages 105-112
Need for Smoking Cessation Support for Better Health of Employees....Pages 113-130
Preparation and Characterization of Some Imidazoles and Formimidoyl-1 H -Imidazoles from Formamidines....Pages 131-139
Synthesis and Characterization of 6-Carbamoyl-2-Alkyl-9-(Phenyl or Benzyl)-9 H -Purines....Pages 141-146
Therapeutic Potential of Common Culinary Herbs and Spices of Mauritius....Pages 147-162
Metal Burden as Template for Assessing the Quality of Raw Water Sourced from Two Rivers by Lagos State Water Corporation, Nigeria....Pages 163-172
Adsorption of Selected Ions on Ferro-Precipitates from Aqueous Solutions....Pages 173-187
Stochastic Approach for Enzyme Reaction in Nano Size via Different Algorithms....Pages 189-206
Enhancing Conceptual Understanding of the “Chemistry of Life” at the ‘A’-Level Through Use of Computer Animations....Pages 207-227
NaBH 4 -Mediated Complete Reduction of the α , β -Unsaturated Ketone Units of Chalcones in the Synthesis of Flavans....Pages 229-235
Workshop on Unlocking the Potential for Low-Cost Teaching in Third World Countries....Pages 237-250
Percolation Studies of Single- and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites....Pages 251-258
Chemistry Aid: How Innovative Solutions to Chemistry Education Are Making a Difference....Pages 259-265
Synthesis and Characterization of Some New Metal Complexes of Condensation Reaction Products of 3-Amino-1,2,4-Triazole with Isatin, N-Acetylisatin and Bis (2,3-Dioxoindolin-1-yl)Mercury(II)....Pages 267-283
Propericiazine as a Reagent for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Osmium....Pages 285-291
An Assessment of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Ganga Water Using Multivariate Analysis....Pages 293-309
Toxicity Studies of Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague ex Turrill and Its Smooth Muscles Effects....Pages 311-320
Metal Levels in Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicines....Pages 321-337
A Comparative Study on Preserving Milk Using Grass Species Hyperenium Rufa for Fumigating Milk Containers and Pasteurisation....Pages 339-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-353