Naoyuki Koide Editor

Richard A. Pethrick is professor of physical chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, where he is directing research into the synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials., Gennadi E. Zaikov is head of the Department of Degradation and Stabilization of Polymers at the Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. His research interests include stabilization and durability of synthetic and natural polymeric materials., Teiji Tsuruta is director-general of the Research Institute for Biosciences, Science University of Tokyo, where his research centers on the investigation of various aspects of polymer synthesis., Naoyuki Koide is professor of chemistry at the Science University of Tokyo, where his research centers on the synthesis and characterization of liquid polymers.