Advanced Materials, Polymers, and Composites

Omari V. Mukbaniani, DSc, is Professor and Director of the Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials. For several years he was a member of the advisory board of the Journal Proceedings of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Chemical Series), contributing editor of Polymer News and the Polymers Research Journal. His research interests include polymer chemistry, polymeric materials, and the chemistry of organosilicon compounds. He is an author of more than 480 publications, 27 books and monographs, and 10 inventions. In 2007 he created the International Caucasian Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials, which takes place every two years in Georgia.Tamara Tatrishvili, PhD, is Senior Specialist at the Office of Academic Process Management (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University as well as head of the Department of Polymer Synthesis of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia.Marc J. M. Abadie, DSc, is Emeritus Professor at the University Montpellier, France. He was head of the Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials–LEMP/MAO. He is currently a "Michael Fam’’ Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His present activity concerns high-performance polymers for PEMFCs, composites and nanocomposites, UV/EB coatings, and biomaterials. He has published 11 books and holds 11 patents. He has advised nearly 150 MS and PhD students with whom he has published over 400 papers. He has more than 40 years of experience in polymer science with ten years in industry (IBM, USA, Ministry of Defence, UK, and SNPA/Total, France). He created the International Symposium on Polyimides & High Temperature Polymers, a.k.a. STEPI, which takes place every three years in Montpellier, France.

• Part I: Composites and Nanomaterials 1. Correlation Between Chemical Structure and Photoreactivity in UV Curing Formulation 2. The Modified Natural Zeolites in Ion-Exchange Adsorption of Some Heavy Metals 3. Properties of the Magnetic Polymer Nanocomposites in Magnetic Fields 4. Physical-Chemical Studies of M2I•MII•L2•nH2O Type Heteronuclear Citrates 5. Coumarone-Indene Resins with Functional Groups 6. Oxidation and Exfoliation of Powdered Graphite Foil and Its Wastes: Preparation of Graphene and Its Oxides 7. Liquid Crystal Microspheres Based Light and pH Controlled Smart Drug Delivery Systems 8. Coating of Cordierite Monolith Substrate by Washcoat and Hybrid Nanocomposite 9. Negative Photoresists on the Basis of Copolymers of 2-Chloromethyl-1-(p-Vinyl Phenyl)Cyclopropane with Glycidyl Methacrylate 10. Possibilities of Synthesis of Monodispersed Latex 11. Biodegradable Polymer Packaging Materials in Seawater Environment 12. Water Sorption in Polyester/Dust/Glass Polyester Recyclate Composites with Nanofillers 13. Sorption Properties of Hydrogels of Rare-Crosslinked Functional Polyacids and Polybases in Relation to Rare Earth Metal Ions 14. Change in Rheological Properties of Pitch-Thermoplastic under the Effect of Polar Polymers 15. Investigation of Complex Formation Process of Zinc with Fulvic Acids, Isolated from Natural Waters at pH = 9 16. Effects of Dysprosium Addition on the Superconducting Properties of Hg-1223 HTS 17. Hot Shock Wave Fabrication of Nanostectured Superconductive MgB2 and MgB2-Fe Composites Part II: Polymer Synthesis and Applications 18. Condensed Phosphates: New Inorganic Polymers with a Variety of Applications and Improvement of Their Gravimetric Determination Methods 19. New Cationic Polymers Composed of Non-Proteinogenic α-Amino Acids 20. Investigation of the Causes of Stability Violation of Propagating Polymerization Heat Waves in the Process of Frontal Polymerization 21. Synthesis and Investigation of Properties of Comb-Type Methylsiloxane Copolymers with Pendant Diphenylsiloxane Groups 22. Reaction Hydrosilylation of Allyl-2, 3, 4-Tri-O-Acetyl-β-DRamnopyranose with Methyl- and Phenylcyclodisilazanes 23. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Star-Type Triarm Block Copolymers Including Poly (Β-Methyl Β-Alanine) by Raft Polymerization 24. Using of Polymers Technologies in the Industry Part III: Materials and Properties 25. Geopolymers Based on Local Rocks as a Future Alternative to Portland Cement 26. Investigation of Free Volume of Oriented Electrical Conducting Polymer Composites by Spin Probe Method 27. Comparison of Modified Polyethylene Incubation Effects in Seawater and Composting Natural Environment 28. Obtaining of Biodegradable Polymers by Targeted Polycondensation Reaction 29. Enhancing of the Properties of Polymer Composites with Mineral Fillers Modified by Tetraethoxysilane 30. Peculiarities of Copolymerization of Vinyloxycyclopropanes with Maleic Anhydride and Synthesis of Photosensitive Polymers 31. About of the Rotation Mechanisms of the Molecular “Motors”

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