Key Engineering Materials, Volume 2

François Kajzar, PhD, is currently Associate Research Director at the University of Angers in France. He has taught and lectured at Jagellonian University, Kraków, Poland, the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków; and National Research Council - Institute of Structure of Matter (ISM-CNR), Bolognia, Italy, among other places. He was the Research Director and Senior Scientist at the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, France. He has won numerous awards for his work and has written over 450 papers, book and book chapters, and conference presentations. He is also the editor of several journals and is on the editorial review bards of several others. His specialization fields include nonlinear optics, materials research, biomaterials, and biophotonics.Dr. Eli M. Pearce was President of American Chemical Society. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Art at Brooklyn Polytechnic University in New York, as well as a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering. He was Director of the Polymer Research Institute, also in Brooklyn. At present, he consults for the Polymer Research Institute. A prolific author and researcher, he edited the Journal of Polymer Science (Chemistry Edition) for 25 years and was an active member of many professional organizations.N. А. Тurovskij, PhD, is currently Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry Department, Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine. He is the author of more than 200 scientific works and six author's certificates on invention. He is a supervisor of four candidate's theses, head of two scientific projects of the International Scientific Fund and two projects of the International Soros Science Education Program. Dr. Тurovskij has worked in the L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical Organic and Coal Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in job titles of the junior research fellow and senior scientific employee. His research interests include kinetics, structural chemistry, and molecular modeling of the supramolecular reactions of organic peroxides.Omari Vasilii Mukbaniani, DSc, is Professor and Director of Macromolecular Chemistry Department of I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also the Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. For several years he was a member of advisory board of the Journal Proceedings of Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Chemical Series), contributing editor of the journal Polymer News and the Polymers Research Journal. His research interests include polymer chemistry, polymeric materials and chemistry of organosilicon compounds. He is an author more than 360 publication, 8 books, 3 monographs, and 10 inventions.

• Case Studies on Key Engineering Materials In Nanoscale: Key Concepts and Criteria. Smart Delivery of Drugs. Modern Basalt Fibers and Epoxy Basaltoplastics: Properties and Applications. Calculations of Bond Energy In Cluster Water Nanostructures. Experimental Research on Desalting of Instable Gas. A Study on Rectification of Hydrocarbonic Mixes. A Study on the Effect of Anthropogenic Pollution on the Chemical Composition and Anatomic Structure of Bioindicative Plants. Phase Transitions in Water-In-Water Bsa/Dextran Emulsion in the Presence of Strong Polyelectrolyte. Development of Stable Polymer-Bitumen Binders for Asphalts Paving Materials. Strong Polyelectrolyter-Effect on Structure Formation and Phase-Separation Behaviour of Aqueous Biopolymer Emulsion. Strong Polyelectrolyte-Inducing Demixing of Semidilute and Highly Compatible Biopolymer Mixtures. Comparison of Two Bioremediation Technologies for Oil Polluted Soils (Russia). Unsaturated Rubber Modification by Ozonation. Burn Dressings Sorption and Desorbtion. Kinetics and Mechanism. Semicrystalline Polymers as Natural Hybrid Nanocomposites. Degradation Mechanism of Leather and Fur. Development of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates Based on Isotactic Polypropylene and Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Elastomer. Protection of Synthetic Polymers From Biodegradation. Fire and Polymers. Index.