Ailton De Souza Gomes

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Ailton de Souza Gomes received a PhD degree in organic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1968, he did post doctoral research at the University of Michigan in 1969 and at Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1977. He was visiting Professor at Case Western Reserve University (1989-1990). In 1994 Dr Ailton de Souza Gomes was appointed full professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. In recent years he has focused his research on polymers for use in fuel cell and other special applications. He has more than 110 publications and was president of the Brazilian Polymer Society and Chairman of the MACRO2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ailton De Souza Gomes

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This book comprises the contributions of several authors in the area of polymer characterization by atomic force microscopy of the polymer network structure formed in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Cells; polymerization by microwave irradiation method of starch/acrylic acid/acrylamide; polymerization of olefins; emulsion polymerization; ring opening polymerization; cationic polymerization of vinyl monomers ; block and graft copolymerization by controlled/living polymerization; fabrication of doped microstructures by two-photon polymerization; rheology of biomaterials; plant cell wall polymers; polyADP-Ribosylation in postfertilization and genome reprogramming . We hope that this book will help inspire readers to pursue study and research in this field.

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