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Description: The “22^nd Symposium on Composites”, held in the science city of Kaiserslautern, Germany, from June 26-28, 2019, covered a wide range of composite-related topics including polymer, metal and ceramic matrix composites, hybrid structures and materials, coatings, manufacturing technologies, testing and simulation, smart materials, biocomposites and recycling. This conference was organized by the “Gemeinschaftsausschuss Verbundwerkstoffe (GAV)” within the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM)“ in cooperation with the „Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW)“ and the University of Kaiserslautern. Researchers from different scientific institutions and technology companies presented and discussed the latest developments and trends in all kinds of composites.

Description: The 20th Conference on the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings (28 - 29 November 2018, Brno, Czech Republic) addresses the issue of building rehabilitation, a field which can be topically classified into the following areas of interest:1. Flaws and failures affecting historical and contemporary buildings; 2. Advanced materials used in buildings reconstruction and 3. Fire safety of buildings. The scientific papers include the areas of remediation of wood structures, building surface treatments (plasters), repair mortars, stone restoration, rehabilitation of masonry, rehabilitation of concrete structures, physicochemical properties of building materials, statics and dynamics of buildings and rehabilitation of timber-frame structures.

Description: This collection of papers from the 10th China Functional Material Technology and Industry Forum (10th CFMTIF, 19 - 22 October 2018, Tianjin, China) presents the results of scientific researches and engineering solutions in the area of functional materials which are generally characterized as those materials which possess particular native properties and functions of their own, including electrical, magnetic, optical, thermotic, acoustic, mechanic, chemical, biological functions.

Description: This volume contains papers, which were presented on the 4th Asian School-Conference on Physics and Technology of Nanostructured Materials (ASCO-NANOMAT, September 23-28, 2018, Vladivostok, Russia). The represented research results reflect the recent tendencies in the area of development nanostructured materials, semiconductors, functional materials, coatings, and surfaces.

Description: This volume contains papers presented at the 2019 International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Application (ISAMA 2019), which took place in Seoul, South Korea, on January 18-20, 2019. The proceedings introduce to the readers with the newest researches results and findings in the field of materials properties and testing, materials application, materials behavior simulation and analysis, materials manufacturing, and processing.

Description: The book consists of the selected, peer-reviewed papers from the 5th International Conference on Nanomechanics and Nanocomposites (ICNN5) and the 2nd FIT-ME Symposium, 22-25 August 2018, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan. The scope and aim of the book are to exhibit the recent exciting accomplishments and future trends in the field of nanocomposites and functional materials for various fields of application. This collection can be interesting for specialists in the field of nanomechanics, physics, and chemistry of nanocomposites and functional materials with a scientific program covering theoretical aspects, experimental methods and examples of practical industrial applications.

Description: This volume of the journal contains papers collected by results of the 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (9th ICAMR 2019, 24-27 January 2019, Singapore) and presents the latest innovations and scientific discoveries covering all aspects of advanced materials research. We hope this collection will be interesting for many engineers and researches.

Description: This collection is dedicated to the development and research of the application of environmentally friendly building materials and innovative technologies in construction. The authors of the articles present the results of laboratory studies and industrial applications of innovative decisions in the construction.

Description: This volume collected from papers presented on the 4th International Conference on Composite Materials and Materials Engineering (ICCMME 2019) that took place at Tokyo University of Science, Japan, during Jan. 19-22, 2019. We hope these articles will be useful and interesting for specialists from the area of modern materials and technologies of their synthesis and processing.

Description: This volume contains the papers presented at the 59th International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University (RTU), Section of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry - MSAC 2018, held in Riga, Latvia, 26th of October 2018. We hope this collection will be interesting and useful for many chemical engineers from various branches of modern production.