Technical Books

This note provides an introduction to the basic properties of ionizing radiations and their uses in medicine, industry, science, and environmental studies. Also discusses natural and man-made radiation sources, energy deposition and dose calculations, and various physical, chemical, and biological processes and effects of radiation, with examples of their uses, and principles of radiation protection.

This note is intended to provide a broad understanding of how different types of radiation deposit energy, including the creation and behavior of secondary radiations; of how radiation affects cells and why the different types of radiation have very different biological effects. Also explains the effects of radiation on biological systems including DNA damage, in vitro cell survival models and in vivo mammalian systems.

This note deals with key issues of fusion reactor technologies based on magnetic confinement, focusing on the tokamak concept. Overview of the fusion power plant system will be introduced and energetics of which will be addressed. Then, the way how to build and operate a tokamak is going to be covered.

The purpose of this book is to emphasize the importance of the existence of the radioactive gas radon in the environment and to make this natural phenomenon a top issue because radon is included in class A human carcinogenesis.

This note covers the following topics: Molecular Shapes, What Determines the Shape of a Molecule, Valence Shell Electron Pair, Repulsion Theory, Molecular Arrangments, Lone pairs and Bond Angle, Multiple Bonds and Bond Angles, Trigonal Bipyramidal arrangment, Polarity, Overlap and Bonding, Hybrid Orbitals, Valence Bond Theory, Single Bonds, Multiple Bonds, Delocalized Electrons, Orbitals in Molecules.

This lecture note explores a wide range of techniques and applications in molecular modeling and computational chemistry. Topics covered includes: ab Initio and Semi-Empirical Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Mechanics and Dynamics Simulation, Electrostatics, Coarse Graining Biomolecular Structure Prediction, Advanced Electrostatics for Force Fields, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Monte Carlo Methods.

These lecture notes have been prepared to give an introduction into the foundations of atomic and molecular physics with an emphasis on the interaction of these atomic systems with light, and in more general, with electromagnetic fields. Topics covered includes: Wave-corpuscular duality of photons and massive particles, Angular momentum in quantum mechanics, Atomic spectra, simple models of atoms, Spin and the fine structure, Many-body problems, systems of identical particles, Molecular structure and spectra, Bose Einstein Condensation, Elements of coherent atom field interactions, Atoms in Strong Fields, Photons, A quantum paradox and the experiments.

Recent evolutions in nanosciences and nanotechnologies provide strong arguments to support the opportunity and importance of the topics approached in this book, the fundamental and applicative aspects related to molecular interactions being of large interest in both research and innovative environments. We expect this book to have a strong impact at various education and research training levels, for young and experienced researchers from both academia and industry.

This note explains the following topics:The Interaction between two Molecules, Interaction of Macroscopic Bodies, The Effective Interaction between two Molecules, Electrostatic Forces.

This note covers the following topics: Metal Deficiency And Disease, Toxic Effects Of Metals, Survey Of Metals Used For Diagnosis And Chemotherapy, Platinum Anticancer Drugs, Retrospective.

This note provides a foundation on which your studies in the pharmaceutical and molecular sciences. Also covers atomic structure, types of bonding, molecular shape and equilibrium reactions involving acids and bases, representation and analysis of structure, isomers, chemical transformations and the chemistry of bio molecules.

This note deals with the structures and mechanisms of a variety of drug classes.

This is an open access book contains an overview focusing on the research area of enzyme inhibitors, molecular aspects of drug metabolism, organic synthesis, prodrug synthesis, in silico studies and chemical compounds used in relevant approaches. The book deals with basic issues and some of the recent developments in medicinal chemistry and drug design.

This note covers the following topics: Historical evolution, Classification of Drugs, Nomenclature of Drugs , Genesis of Drugs, Basic Principles Of Drug Design, Combinatorial Chemistry, Drug Design Based on Targets, Receptor and Biologic Response, Drug Metabolism, Induction and inhibition of CYP450, Prodrugs.

This note explains the following topics: Drug Discovery and Design, Functional Group Oriented Bond-Sets, Skeleton Oriented Bond-Sets, Building Block Oriented Synthesis, Basis for Planning, Formation of Cyclic Structures, Protecting Groups, Ranking of Synthesis Plans, Practicing Retrosynthesis, Steroids from Isoprene Building Blocks.