Materials Chemistry

Klaus Friedrich, PhD, is currently research director at the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He acts also as a scientific board member of various international journals in the fields of materials science, composites, and tribology, and he has published more than 800 journal/conference papers, and several books related to fracture mechanics and tribology of polymer (nano)composites. He was a visiting assistant professor with the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA, and has worked as a professor for polymers and composites at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned his PhD in materials science at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc, is head of the Polymer Division at the N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and Professor at Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Russia, as well as professor at Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia. He is also a prolific author, researcher, and lecturer. He has received several awards for his work, including the Russian Federation Scholarship for Outstanding Scientists. He has been a member of many professional organizations and on the editorial boards of many international science journals.A. K. Haghi, PhD, holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from University of North Carolina (USA); a MSc in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (USA); a DEA in applied mechanics, acoustics and materials from Universite de Technologie de Compiegne (France); and a PhD in engineering sciences from Universite de Franche-Comte (France). He is the author and editor of 165 books as well as 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Hagh