High-Performance Polymers for Engineering-Based Composites

Omari Vasilii Mukbaniani, DSc, is professor and director of the 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) and 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, eight books, three monographs, and 10 inventions.Professor Marc J.M. Abadie is emeritus professor at the Université Montpellier 2, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc. He was full professor at the Université Montpellier 2, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc and head of Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials – LEMP/MAO. He is currently "Michael Fam" visiting professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His present activities concern high performance composites and nanocomposites, UV & EB coatings, and biomaterials. He has published 11 books and 11 patents. He has advised nearly 95 M.S. and 52 Ph.D. students with whom he has published over 395 papers. He has more than 40 years experience in polymer science with 10 years in the industry (IBM USA, MOD UK, SNPA/Total France).Tamara Tatrishvili, PhD, is senior specialist at the Unite of Academic Process Management (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University as well as senior researcher of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials in Tbilisi, Georgia.

• Preface. Section I: Application of Polymer Chemistry and Promising Technologies. Section II: Engineered-Based Composites and Models. Index.

"This book reflects the fast developments in the synthetic chemistry that took place during the last decades and made possible the preparation of a large variety of new polymer-based materials with tailored properties. It presents an extensive collection of articles on issues ranging from polymer synthesis, characterization, and processing, to modern and emerging industrial applications. With contributions from both academia and industry experts the book has a really broad scope and can be of interest for students, researchers, and engineers working in the field of polymer science and technology."—Dr. Kaloian Koynov, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany