Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Conjugated Polymers in Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Biosensors
Sevinc Kurbanoglu¹, Şevki Can Cevher², Ana-Maria Gurban³, Mihaela Doni³ and Saniye Soylemez^4
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Engineering Fundamental Sciences, Si̇vas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey
³Biotechnology Department, National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry—ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
⁴Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering-Architecture, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

Chapter 2. Synthesis and Applications of BODIPY Based Conjugated Polymers
Neha Rani Kumar
Department of Chemistry, Dhemaji College, Dhemaji, Assam, India

Chapter 3. Bioprospecting of Biofilm Producers for Bioconcrete Production
Pranav Pandya¹, Kisun Chunti², Tanawat Imboon³, Sureerat Polsilapa², Sirikanjana Thongmee³
and Sougata Ghosh^1,3
1Department of Microbiology, School of Science, RK. University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
²Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
³Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chapter 4. Enhancing the Value of Kaolin Using Microorganisms: The Past, Present and Future of Iron Removal from Kaolin through Bioleaching
Seng How Kuan^1,2, Shih Nee Yong¹ and Sylvia Chieng^3
1Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
²Centre for Photonics and Advanced Materials Research, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
³Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Chapter 5. Coir Fibers as Reinforcement in Polymer Composites
Rubén González Nunez¹ and Denis Rodrigue^2
1Department of chemical engineering, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
²Department of chemical engineering, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 6. Molecular Arrangement of Long-Chain Ferrocenyl Derivatives Having Asymmetric Carbon in Their Organized Molecular Films and Formation of Its Helical Nanofibers
Yuto Otsuki and Atsuhiro Fujimori
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan

Chapter 7. Investigation of the Spectral Characteristics Composite Structures Based on Porous Materials/ Colloidal Quantum Dots/Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Optoelectronic Devices and Biomedical Applications
Anton Belorus¹, PhD, Ilya Pleshanov², MS, Veniamin Koshevoi³, MS, Anton Timchenko⁴, MS, Daniyar Sherimov⁵, MS, Alexander Timchenko⁶, MS, Pavel Somov⁷, MS, Guo Qi⁸, MS, and Ekaterina Gosteva⁸, PhD
¹Department of solid-state electronics Ioffe Institute Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
²Faculty of Photonics, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
³Department of micro- and nanoelectronics, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI), St. Petersburg, Russia
⁴Institute of Living Systems, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
⁵Department of radio technical electronics, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI), St. Petersburg, Russia
⁶Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Infirmation Technology, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
⁷”TESCAN” Ltd (CIS), St. Petersburg, Russia
⁸Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” Moscow, Russia

Chapter 8. A Quantum Mechanical Study (Chemical Activity Descriptors, NLO, NBO, DNA/ECT Cleavage) of ‘4-[4-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenoxy]phthalonitrile Dimethyl Sulfoxide Monosolvate’ Compound Containing Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)
Sibel Demir Kanmazalp
Naci Topçuoğlu Vocational School, Biomedical Device Technology Program, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

Index