Nickolai M. Rubtsov Works in areas of experimental chemical kinetics, branching chain processes, detonation; vibronically excited particles as intermediates of complicated chain reactions; numerical simulation of combustion processes, protecting of metallization layers in VLSI; tautomeric equilibriums; solid combustion, nanoparticles combustion.Kirill Ya. Troshin Works in the field of experimental chemical kinetics of the self-ignition processes of hydrocarbons, initiation and propagation of detonation waves in gas and two-phase media, non-catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon fuels in combustion processes, studies of ignition of hydrogen/hydrocarbons mixtures over the metals Pd, Pt, Rh surface.Michail I. Alymov is Director of the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science Russian Academy of Sciences, (ISMAN) Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

• Chapter I. The features of hydrogen and deuterium ignition over platinum, palladium, ruthenium and rhodium.- Chapter II. Regularities of combustion of hydrogen - hydrocarbon (C1 – C6) - air and hydrocarbon - air mixtures over surfaces of noble metals.- Chapter III. Features of combustion of hydrogen - methane - air fuels over surfaces of noble metals.- Chapter IV. Features of interaction of the surfaces of noble metals with a propagating flame front.