Sergey Vyazovkin received his PhD from Belorussian State University (1989). His research is concerned with the kinetics of thermally stimulated processes in condensed phase systems. He is a winner of the Mettler-Toledo Award in thermal analysis and of the James J. Christensen Award in calorimetry. Professor Vyazovkin is editor of Thermochimica Acta, a member of the editorial board of Macromolecular Rapid Communications and Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, and the chairman of the Kinetics Committee of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. His research has been published in one book, four book chapters, and 160 peer-reviewed papers cited over 11,000 times. Nobuyoshi Koga received his PhD-CSc from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Pardubice (Czechoslovakia, 1991). His research covers thermal analysis and mechanisms of solid-state reactions. He is also known as a specialist in chemistry education research. He is a winner of the ICTAC Young Scientist Award (1996), Jaroslav Heyrovsky Honorary Medal for Merit in Chemical Sciences (The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2013), The Award of the Japan Society of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2014), and others. Professor Koga is editor of Thermochimica Acta (Elsevier), honorary editor of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer), editor of a Japanese book on thermal analysis, and vice president of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. His research on thermal analysis has been published in 12 book chapters and 100 peer-reviewed papers as well as two book chapters and 50 peer-reviewed papers on chemistry education. Christoph Schick received his PhD from Technical University Merseburg, Germany (1980). His research is concerned with glass and phase transitions in different materials spanning from small organic molecules over polymers to metals. He is interested in advanced calorimetric methods, particularly fast scanning calorimetry. He is a winner of the Mettler-Toledo Award in thermal analysis, the James J. Christensen Award in calorimetry, and three more European awards in calorimetry. Professor Schick is editor of Thermochimica Acta, a board member of the German society of thermal analysis (GEFTA), and counsellor of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics (IACT). His research has been published in one book, 15 book chapters, and 300 peer-reviewed papers cited over 7,000 times.

• ForewordSergey Vyazovkin, Nobuyoshi Koga, and Christoph Schick 1. Decomposition of organic wastes: Thermal analysis and evolution of volatilesRafael Font2. Thermal analysis of biobased polymers and compositesNathanaël Guigo and Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli3. Polymer NanocompositesKrzysztof Pielichowski and Kinga Pielichowska4. Thermal behavior of chalcogenide glasses Roman Svoboda and Jiří Málek5. Applications of Thermal Analysis to the Study of Phase Change MaterialsR. Parameshwaran, A. Sarı, N. Jalaiah, and R. Karunakaran 6. Characteristics of Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials in the Study of Their Initiation ReactivitySvatopluk Zeman7. Analysis of Polymer Crystallization by CalorimetryMaria Laura Di Lorenzo, René Androsch, Alicyn Marie Rhoades, and Maria Cristina Righetti8. Modern isoconversional kinetics: From misconceptions to advances Sergey Vyazovkin9. Pharmaceutical applications of thermal analysisKohsaku Kawakami10. Thermoanalytical characterization techniques for multiferroic materialsEva Gil-González, Antonio Perejón, Pedro E. Sánchez-Jiménez, José M. Criado, and Luis A. Pérez-Maqueda11. Kinetics and mechanisms of solid-gas reactionsMichèle Pijolat and Loïc Favergeon12. Physico-geometric approach to the kinetics of overlapping solid-state reactionsNobuyoshi Koga13. Glass transition and physical aging of confined polymers investigated by calorimetric techniquesDaniele Cangialosi14. Chalcogenides for phase-change memoryJiri Orava and A. Lindsay Greer15. Development of direct and indirect methods for determination of vaporization enthalpies of extremely low volatile compoundsSergey P. Verevkin, Dzmitry H. Zaitsau, Christoph Schick, and Florian Heym16. Aluminum alloysBenjamin Milkereit, Olaf Kessler, and Christoph Schick 17. Metals and alloysJohn Perepezko18. Fast scanning chip calorimetryChristoph Schick and Renè Androsch19. Dilatometry Martin Hunkel, Holger surm, and Matthias Steinbacher

Sergey Vyazovkin received his PhD from Belorussian State University (1989). His research is concerned with the kinetics of thermally stimulated processes in condensed phase systems. He is a winner of the Mettler-Toledo Award in thermal analysis and of the James J. Christensen Award in calorimetry. Professor Vyazovkin is editor of Thermochimica Acta, a member of the editorial board of Macromolecular Rapid Communications and Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, and the chairman of the Kinetics Committee of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. His research has been published in one book, four book chapters, and 160 peer-reviewed papers cited over 11,000 times. Nobuyoshi Koga received his PhD-CSc from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Pardubice (Czechoslovakia, 1991). His research covers thermal analysis and mechanisms of solid-state reactions. He is also known as a specialist in chemistry education research. He is a winner of the ICTAC Young Scientist Award (1996), Jaroslav Heyrovsky Honorary Medal for Merit in Chemical Sciences (The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2013), The Award of the Japan Society of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2014), and others. Professor Koga is editor of Thermochimica Acta (Elsevier), honorary editor of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer), editor of a Japanese book on thermal analysis, and vice president of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. His research on thermal analysis has been published in 12 book chapters and 100 peer-reviewed papers as well as two book chapters and 50 peer-reviewed papers on chemistry education. Christoph Schick received his PhD from Technical University Merseburg, Germany (1980). His research is concerned with glass and phase transitions in different materials spanning from small organic molecules over polymers to metals. He is interested in advanced calorimetric methods, particularly fast scanning calorimetry. He is a winner of the Mettler-Toledo Award in thermal analysis, the James J. Christensen Award in calorimetry, and three more European awards in calorimetry. Professor Schick is editor of Thermochimica Acta, a board member of the German society of thermal analysis (GEFTA), and counsellor of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics (IACT). His research has been published in one book, 15 book chapters, and 300 peer-reviewed papers cited over 7,000 times.

• ForewordSergey Vyazovkin, Nobuyoshi Koga, and Christoph Schick 1. Decomposition of organic wastes: Thermal analysis and evolution of volatilesRafael Font2. Thermal analysis of biobased polymers and compositesNathanaël Guigo and Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli3. Polymer NanocompositesKrzysztof Pielichowski and Kinga Pielichowska4. Thermal behavior of chalcogenide glasses Roman Svoboda and Jiří Málek5. Applications of Thermal Analysis to the Study of Phase Change MaterialsR. Parameshwaran, A. Sarı, N. Jalaiah, and R. Karunakaran 6. Characteristics of Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials in the Study of Their Initiation ReactivitySvatopluk Zeman7. Analysis of Polymer Crystallization by CalorimetryMaria Laura Di Lorenzo, René Androsch, Alicyn Marie Rhoades, and Maria Cristina Righetti8. Modern isoconversional kinetics: From misconceptions to advances Sergey Vyazovkin9. Pharmaceutical applications of thermal analysisKohsaku Kawakami10. Thermoanalytical characterization techniques for multiferroic materialsEva Gil-González, Antonio Perejón, Pedro E. Sánchez-Jiménez, José M. Criado, and Luis A. Pérez-Maqueda11. Kinetics and mechanisms of solid-gas reactionsMichèle Pijolat and Loïc Favergeon12. Physico-geometric approach to the kinetics of overlapping solid-state reactionsNobuyoshi Koga13. Glass transition and physical aging of confined polymers investigated by calorimetric techniquesDaniele Cangialosi14. Chalcogenides for phase-change memoryJiri Orava and A. Lindsay Greer15. Development of direct and indirect methods for determination of vaporization enthalpies of extremely low volatile compoundsSergey P. Verevkin, Dzmitry H. Zaitsau, Christoph Schick, and Florian Heym16. Aluminum alloysBenjamin Milkereit, Olaf Kessler, and Christoph Schick 17. Metals and alloysJohn Perepezko18. Fast scanning chip calorimetryChristoph Schick and Renè Androsch19. Dilatometry Martin Hunkel, Holger surm, and Matthias Steinbacher