Gives an overview of the facets of industrial chemistry, illustrating the superiority of well designed hybrid materials over conventional materials, and their potential applications as structural or functional materials in various fields.

Hybrid Materials, Functional Applications - An Introduction Organic-Inorganic Materials - From Intercalation Chemistry to Devices Bridged Polysilsesquioxanes - Molecular-Engineering Nanostructured Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials Porous Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials Optical Properties of Functional Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites Electrochemistry of Sol-Gel Derived Hybrid Materials Multifunctional Hybrid Materials Based on Conducting Organic Polymers - Nanocomposite Systems with Photo-Electro-Ionic Properties and Applications Layered Organic-Inorganic Materials - A Way Towards Controllable Magnetism Building Multifunctionality in Hybrid Materials Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Electronics Bioactive Sol-Gel Hybrids