Porphyrin-Based Composites: Materials and Applications

Discover the transformative potential of porphyrin-based composites in Porphyrin-Based Composites where readers will learn how these innovative materials enhance industrial sectors by combining multiple porphyrin components to create durable, sensitive, and efficient technologies that outperform traditional materials.

This book highlights the benefits of adopting porphyrin composites and discusses how they are used in different industrial sectors. Combining multiple porphyrin components is used to create materials with properties that are not possible with individual components, remove restrictions of water-insolubility, and ultimately lead to the development of durable and more sensitive technological materials. Composite materials have been essential to human life for thousands of years, beginning with the construction of houses by the first civilizations and advancing to modern technologies. Originating in the mid-twentieth century, composite materials show promise as a class of engineering materials that offer new opportunities for contemporary technology and have been beneficially incorporated into practically every sector due to their ability to choose elements, tune them to achieve the desired qualities, and efficiently use those features through design. Additionally, composite materials offer greater strength- and modulus-to-weight ratios than standard engineering materials. Materials based on porphyrin composites are used in a wide range of applications, including sensors, molecular probes, electrical gadgets, electronic devices, construction materials, catalysis, medicine, and environmental and energy applications.

Readers will find the book:

• Provides an overview of several porphyrin composites as model materials for commercial settings;
• Discusses fundamental, experimental, and theoretical research on structural and physicochemical properties of porphyrin composites;
• Demonstrates how complementary and alternative material designs that use porphyrin composites have evolved;
• Emphasizes important uses for cutting-edge, multipurpose materials that might contribute to a more sustainable society;
• Opens new possibilities by examining the role of developing unique hybrid, composite, and higher-order hierarchical materials that may be utilized to make valuable chemicals.

Audience

Researchers, academicians, chemists, industry experts, and students working in the fields of materials and environmental sciences, engineering, textiles, biology, and medicine.

Umar Ali Dar, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at the Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and collaborative projects and serves as an editorial member and reviewer for several internationally published journals. His research expertise includes polymers following organic and inorganic synthesis, particularly in the chemical modification of porphyrins, quinones, anils, and azo compounds, with significant contributions to crystal engineering, materials science, energy applications, sensors, water treatment, and drug discovery.

Mohd. Shahnawaz, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Botany at Government Degree College Drass, University of Ladakh, India. He has published 25 research articles, 24 book chapters, and 16 books and serves as a reviewer and editor for several international journals. His research interests include tissue culture of medicinal plants, genetic diversity assessment of medicinal plants using high-resolution molecular marks, enhancement of plant secondary metabolite contents, and biodegradation of plastic.

Puja Gupta, PhD, is an associate professor of biotechnology at RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, with three years of teaching experience. She has published 15 research articles in international journals, 20 book chapters, and four books and participated in various conferences and workshops. Her research interests include metagenomics, microbiology, microbial genetics, and plant-microbe interactions.