Gold Chemistry Applications and Future Directions in the Life Sciences

A comprehensive overview of the most important aspects of gold chemistry as well as current and future applications of gold compounds in a variety of fields, including materials science, catalysis and the life sciences. This second edition is completely revised and updated with new chapters on gold in homogeneous catalysis, gold supramolecular chemistry and compounds with N---heterocyclic carbenes, gold clusters and compounds with selenium ligands.
With its unique, more general coverage of the subject, the book is a must-have for researchers working in or entering this increasingly important field.

Fabian Mohr is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. He obtained his chemistry honours degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, where he also completed his PhD on an Australian Government Scholarship under the guidance of Suresh Bhargava and Martin Bennett from the Australian National University. Postdoctoral appointments led him to work with Richard Puddephatt (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada) and Andrei Vedernikov (University of Maryland, College Park, USA). In 2004 he accepted a research grant from the Spanish Government to work with Mariano Laguna in Zaragoza. Upon completion of his contract in Zaragoza, he was appointed visiting professor at the University of Burgos before joining the Universtiy of Wuppertal in 2006.

GOLD(I) NITROGEN CHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY OF GOLD(III) COMPLEXES WITH NITROGEN AND OXYGEN LIGANDS

PENTAFLUOROPHENYL GOLD COMPLEXES

THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY OF GOLD -
FROM ATOMS TO MOLECULES, CLUSTERS, SURFACES AND THE SOLID STATE

LUMINESCENCE AND PHOTOPHYSICS OF GOLD COMPLEXES

GOLD COMPOUNDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE

NANOSCIENCE OF GOLD AND GOLD SURFACES

LIQUID CRYSTALS BASED ON GOLD COMPOUNDS

GOLD IN HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS

GOLD SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

GOLD COMPOUNDS WITH N---HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES

GOLD CLUSTERS

GOLD COMPOUNDS WITH SELENIUM LIGANDS