Colleagues and former students honor Moscow-based biochemist G. E. Zaikov with 23 research and review articles on areas that he has contributed to during his 75 years of research and teaching. He himself co-authored many of them. An introductory essay reviews his career. Topics include the kinetic model of co-polymerization at linear chain termination, mechanisms of action and effectiveness of ester thiols as thermal stabilizers for polyvinyl chloride, recycling sugar-cane bagasse for producing cellulose acetate, the convection drying of textiles, theoretical approaches to transport properties in the drying of wood, energy criteria of photosynthesis, and using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to investigate rats after severe epileptic convulsions. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A compilation that features Professor Gennady E Zaikov's scientific biography (with social impregnations).