This book has been conceived to collect the most important recent advances inall areas of hydride chemistry research including chemical reactivityinstrumental i... » 

This book has been conceived to collect the most important recent advances inall areas of hydride chemistry research including chemical reactivityinstrumental investigation theory and applications in the areas of catalysisbiochemistry and materials science.Many of the chapters have been written by the plenary lecturers of the EUROHydrides 2000 conference but other leading scientists in this field have alsobeen invited to contribute.The first part of the book focuses on the chemistry and catalysis of transitionmetal hydrides.Another block of chapters illustrates the most recent advances in theapplication of instrumental techniques to the study of the properties andreactivity of hydride compounds.The final part of the book illustrates the relevance of metalhydrogen bonds inbiochemistry and materials science.All of the chapters of this book have been evaluated by independent reviewers. «