Sulfur's Role in the Modern World

16This book connects the chemistry and biochemistry of sulfur in order to understand these impacts and to inspire the rational discovery of further beneficial applications. Compounds and materials containing sulfur have an important impact on medicine and health, foods, new materials as well as our atmosphere. After a review of the chemical principles which provide the foundation for sulfur s unique contributions to the properties of its compounds, these principles will be used to interpret the application of these compounds. This book will not only provide a fundamental understanding of the properties of sulfur compounds but more importantly, inform about the rational development of new applications.This monograph will inspire new technologies that exploit sulfur s unique properties, availability and low cost.Sulfur in the Modern World will be useful to researchers synthetic, organic, bioorganic, bioinorganic chemists, and materials scientists. Postgraduates and undergraduate stu16dents of chemistry, biochemistry, geochemistry, and the atmospheric sciences will also find this monograph beneficial.04Review of Chemical Principles Relevant to Sulfur s Properties.- Use of Sulfur in Organic Synthesis.- Metal-Sulfur Compounds.- Occurrence and Role of Sulfur in Biochemistry: Sulfur, the Life of the Party.- Sulfur and the Origin of Life.- Sulfur Compounds in Medicine and Health.- Toxicology and Sulfur.- Sulfur Compounds in Food: The Taste and Smell of Sulfur.- Sulfur in Nanotechnology and Materials Science: From Pigments to Quantum Dots.- Sulfur Cycles Atmospheric Impact.