Develops the definition of sonochemistry to include not only the ways in which ultrasound has been harnessed to effect chemistry but also its uses in material processing. This work includes subjects that range from chemical dosimetry to ultrasound in microbiology to ultrasound in the extraction of plant materials and in leather technology.

This is the fifth volume of "Advances in Sonochemistry" the first having been published in 1990. The definition of sonochemistry has developed to include not only the ways in which ultrasound has been harnessed to effect chemistry but also its uses in material processing. Subjects included range from chemical dosimetry to ultrasound in microbiology to ultrasound in the extraction of plant materials and in leather technology.

Preface.
An introduction to sonoluminescence.
OH radical formation and dosimetry in the sonolysis of aqueous solutions.
Can sonication modify the regio- and stereoselectivities of organic reactions?
The use of ultrasound in microbiology.
Ultrasonically assisted extraction of bioactivee principles from plants and their constituents.
Power ultrasound in leather technology.