Capturing today's scientific imagination...PROGRESS in InorganicChemistry Nowhere is creative scientific talent busier than in the world ofinorganic chemistry experimentation. And the traditional forum forexchanging innovative research has been the respected Progress inInorganic Chemistry series. With contributions from internationallyrenowned chemists, this latest volume offers an in-depth,far-ranging examination of the changing face of the field,providing a tantalizing glimpse of the emerging state of thescience. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 46 * Anion Binding and Recognition by Inorganic Based Receptors (PaulD. Beer and David K. Smith) * Copper (I), Lithium and Magnesium Thiolate Complexes: An Overviewwith Due Mention of Selenolate and Tellurolate Analogues andRelated Silver (I) and Gold (I) Species (Maurits D. Janssen, DavidM. Grove, and Gerard van Koten) * The Role of the Pyrazolate Ligand in Building PolynuclearTransition Metal Systems (Girolamo La Monica and G. AttilloArdizzoia) * Recent Trends in Metal Alkoxide Chemistry (Ram C. Mehrotra andAnirudh Singh). "This series is distinguished not only by its scope and breadth,but also by the depth and quality of the reviews." --Journal of theAmerican Chemical Society. "This series is a valuable addition to the library of thepracticing research chemist, and is a good starting point forstudents wishing to understand modern inorganic chemistry."--Canadian Chemical News. "[This series] has won a deservedly honored place on the bookshelfof the chemist attempting to keep afloat in the torrent of originalpapers on inorganic chemistry." --Chemistry in Britain.

This thirty-third volume of the Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences series provides a subject and author cumulative index for all previous volumes for easy reference.

Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry provides timely and critical reviews of important topics in medicinal chemistry together with an emphasis on emerging topics in the biological sciences, which are expected to provide the basis for entirely new future therapies.

Appropriate selection of biochemical targets is one of the most important drivers of cost effectiveness in the discovery of new medicines. Despite the many advances in genetics, genomics and systems biology, ‘validation’ of a target is not achieved until therapeutic efficacy is demonstrated by a drug candidate. Volume 46 of this series reviews the medicinal chemistry aimed at six diverse targets from which important new medicines are emerging: * HIV integrase (discovery of the first-in-class inhibitor drug raltegravir)* 11-beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (new approach to glucocorticoid regulation)* Nicotinic a7 choline receptor (agonists and positive allosteric modulators). * Bradykinin receptor (new approach to pain therapy)* Histone deacetylase (new drugs for cancer)* 5-HT2c receptor modulators (various CNS indications) *Presents the latest research in the field of drug discovery *Publishes on an annual basis to bring you the most innovative updates in medicinal chemistry *Available as an online resource via ScienceDirect

This series provides inorganic chemists and materials scientists with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Volume 50 continues to report recent advances with a significant, up-to-date selection of contributions on topics such as the following: Structural and mechanistic investigations in asymmetric copper; Catalyzed reactions; Phenoxyl radical complexes; Synthesis of large pore zeolites and molecular sieves; Inorganic nanoclusters with fullerene-like structure and nanotubes

Optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, forty years ago. At the time of inception of this series, the first lasers were only just becoming operational, holography was in its infancy, subjects such as fiber optics, integrated optics and optoelectronics did not exist and quantum optics was the domain of only a few physicists. The term photonics had not yet been coined. Today these fields are flourishing and have become areas of specialisation for many science and engineering students and numerous research workers and engineers throughout the world. Some of the advances in these fields have been recognized by awarding Nobel prizes to seven physicists in the last twenty years. The volumes in this series which have appeared up to now contain 240 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments. They have helped optical scientists and optical engineers to stay abreast of their fields. There is no sign that developments in optics are slowing down or becoming less interesting. We confidently expect that, just like their predecessors, future volumes of Progress in Optics will faithfully record the most important advances that are being made in optics and related fields.