Polyvinylchloride-based Blends

lt;p> Dr. Visakh P.M. (MSc, MPhil, PhD) is a prolific editor with more than 35 books already published. Now he is working as Associate Professor in TUSUR University, Tomsk, Russia since 2017. He did his Post doc. Research in Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia (2014-2017). He obtained his PhD, MPhil and MSc degreases from School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, kerala, India. He edited 35 books from Scrivener (Wiley), Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier and more than 23 books in press, (from Wiley, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry and Elsevier). He has been invited as a visiting researcher in Russia (2014 to Present), Portugal (2013, 2014), Czech Republic (2012, 2013) Italy (2009, 2012), Argentina (2010) Sweden (2010, 2011, 2012), Switzerland (2010), Spain (2011, 2012), Slovenia (2011), France (2011), Belgium (2012) and Austria (2012) for his research work. He visited 12 countries; He visited 15 universities in Europe. He published 20 publications, 4 reviews and more than 30 book chapters. He has attended and presented more than 28 conferences, he has 1669 citations and his h-index is 19. He acts as guest editor for 4 International Journals.

Dr. Raluca Nicoleta Darie-Nita (MSc, PhD) is currently a Senior Researcher at "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania. She received her PhD in Chemistry (2009) and Postdoctoral degree in Biomaterials (2013) from the Romanian Academy. MSc in Organic Physical Chemistry (2001) and license in Chemistry and Physics (1999) were awarded by Faculty of Chemistry, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania. She has over 20 years of experience in reactive processing (natural and synthetic, pure or recycled polymers), polymers compatibilization and chemical functionalization, physico-chemical characterization of polymers and composites, development of materials for food packaging and structural applications and durability testing of plastic materials. She has published 64 papers (54 ISI), 1 book, 8 book chapters and has 3 patents (1 international). She is also a member of national and international grants (director for 2 national grants) and has attended over 150 conferences, giving oral and poster presentations. The high visibility of her scientific activity is reflected in more than 1000 citations, H-index = 19 (Web of Science).

Polyvinylchloride (PVC) based blends: State of art, new challenges and opportunities.- Polyvinylchloride (PVC): Structure and properties relationship.- Characterisation techniques of polyvinylchloride (PVC)/thermoplastic nano blends.- Applications of Polyvinylchloride (PVC)/thermoplastic nano, micro and macro blends.- Factors affecting the properties of polyvinylchloride (PVC) nano, micro and macro blends.- Interface modifications and compatibilisation of polyvinylchloride (PVC) nano, micro and macro blends.- Bio-based plasticizers for polyvinylchloride (PVC).- PVC/polysaccharide blends.- Preparation of PVC membranes, characterization, modification, applications and mathematical modeling.- Bio-based polyvinylchloride (PVC) related blends.