Books published by Brill

Polymer nanotechnology offers exciting benefits to the food industry, including better materials for food packaging and safer foods on supermarket shelves. This volume examines the complete life cycle of packaging based on polymer nanomaterials. It begins with a general introduction to current issues and future trends. The remaining chapters explore the concept of ethical design; the rheology, structure, and morphology of nanomaterials; plasma technologies; and nanomaterials for food packaging developed from oil polymers and renewable resource polymers. It also discusses cellulose nanowhiskers, edible nano-laminate coatings, the interactions of nanomaterials with food, and degradation.

This volume on Clusters brings together contributions from a large number of specialists. A central element for all contributions is the use of advanced computational methodologies and their application to various aspects of structure, reactivity and properties of clusters.

This book documents the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on this topic, held in Toronto. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1: Surface Modification Techniques; Part 2: Adhesion Improvement to Polymer Surfaces.

Chronicles the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium held on this topic in Toronto. Covering many ramifications of silanes and other coupling agents, the papers also looked at topics on: various ways to deposit silanes; silane adsorption; investigation of interfacial interactions between silanes and substrates; and others.

The aim of this book is to elucidate the complicated problem concerning the connection between the structure and mechanism of oxidation of heterogeneous and heterophase polymer systems. The material presented in this book concerns the specific features of the kinetics of oxidation and those of the structure of polymer systems.

This publication on earthquake prediction provides the fascinating research findings of earthquake prediction by studying space weather environment of the earth. The influence of changes in Sun is shown on the thermosphere, ionosphere, atmosphere and on lithosphere before the earthquakes.

This publication covers results obtained during investigations of guanidine containing monomers and (co)polymers and provides fascinating new information about the chemistry of guanidine containing polyelectrolytes, their structures and behavior in different conditions, as well as their properties (including biocide and toxicological).

This book is dedicated to physics of ultrasonics diagnostics. Physical models of biological issues used in ultrasonics diagnostics and the basic stages of it (sound radiation, sound scattering, depictions visualization) are considered.

Contains a collection of the lectures presented at the International Conference of Computational methods in Science and Engineering. The content of the papers bears upon the developments of Computational Science pertinent to Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Mathematics and Engineering. It also includes research findings in Molecular Science.

Brings together selected papers presented at the International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE 2005). This work regroups original contributions from the fields of the traditional Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine and the branches of Engineering.

This unique treatese provides a detailed overview of pressure-sensitive design and formulation, combining the science of macromolecular chemistry and the industrial adhesive manufacture- and converting technology.

This unique treatese provides a detailed overview of pressure-sensitive design and formulation, combining the science of macromolecular chemistry and the industrial adhesive manufacture- and converting technology.

Chronicles the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion. The world of wettability plays a crucial role in many and varied technological areas. This volume contains thirty-one papers covering many ramifications of contact angle, wettability and adhesion.

Chronicles the proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Particles on Surfaces: Detection, Adhesion and Removal. The study of particles on surfaces is important in a legion of diverse technological areas. This volume contains 21 papers which cover many ramifications of particles on surfaces, ranging from detection to removal.

Over 100 authors contributed to this book, summarizing current status of research on measurements of colloidal particle-solid adhesion and molecular forces, solid surface imaging and mapping, and discussing the contact mechanics models applicable to particle-substrate and particle-particle systems.

This book presents articles and reviews on bioantioxidants, synthesis of new compounds, mechanisms of their action and areas of application. It uniquely presents general tendencies in chemistry, biology and medicine kinetically united and attached to free radical mechanisms and other questions under consideration.

The book is devoted to the problem of chemical physics and physical chemistry of polymers and low molecular compounds. Topics include radical, ion and molecular reactions. Kinetics and mechanism of these reactions indicated a possible regulation of rate and the direction of reactions.

The aim of IeCCS 2005, which was held in May 2005, was to bring together leading scientists of the international Computer Science community and to attract original research papers. This volume in the Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences contains the extended abstracts of the presentations.

The topics covered in this proceedings volume include: Synthesis, characterization and processing (including some novel approaches) of a variety of polyimides and other high temperature polymers; structure-property relationships; segmental dynamics in polyimide materials; photoalignable polyimides; photoconductivity and photosensitivity of polyimides; ultrafiltration membranes from polyetherimide; polymer materials for nonlinear optical applications; alignment of SWNTs in rigid-rod polymer compositions; surface modification of polyimide; adhesion of Cu to polyimide surfaces; and polyimide erosion in a low Earth orbit space environment.

Shows the interrelation between allyl unit structure of the initial ester and structure of its products. Divided into two parts, this book studies the pathways of regrouping in chlorallylaryl and bisarylallyl esters using quantum-chemical calculations. It also discusses the energy parameters and electron structure of the transition states.

This monograph summarizes scientific achievements in the field of polysaccharide chemistry performed in the last decade. The book is intended for wide range of readers: students, post graduates, engineers and scientists engaged in polymer chemistry, organic and physical chemistry.

The International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE) is unique in its kind. It regroups original contributions from all fields of the traditional Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine and all branches of Engineering. In this proceeding volume extended abstracts have been selected after international peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

The papers collected in this book show the results of investigations performed by Russian scientists in the field of low dose irradiation action., which developed after the Chernobyl accident and studied its consequences. The main part of reviews and articles is devoted to the aspects of low dose effects on the human and animal genome and far post-irradiation consequences.

In celebration of Allan Hoffman‿s 70th birthday, a symposium entitled Gels, Genes, Grafts and Giants was held in Maui in December 2002. This symposium, organized by The University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) NSF Engineering Research Center, was a great success, with many excellent papers presented by scientists from all over the world.