Robson Fernandes de Farias was a graduate at Licenciatura Plena Em Química from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (1991), master's at Chemistry from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (1993) and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2000), Brazil. He has research interests in the following chemistry subjects: inorganic-organic hybrids, natural gas, gas desulfurization, chemistry history and teaching.

• Chapter 1: Oxides and phosphatesChapter 2: Surfaces and Modified SurfacesChapter 3: Chemistry on organofunctionalized amorphous oxides surfacesChapter 4: Chemistry on organofunctionalized nanostructured oxides surfacesChapter 5: Chemistry on conductor polymer modified oxide surfacesChapter 6: Chemistry on modified layered oxides Chapter 7: Chemistry on modified phosphatesChapter 8: Chemistry on modified clay surfacesChapter 9: Zeolites