Publications

Annual Progress Reports: 1999-2000, workshop held at The Queen’s University of Belfast August 28-31, 2000.

The main objective of COST Action E54 was to generate new knowledge on the micro- and nanostructure of papermaking fibres and relevant properties required for the efficient and sustainable use of fibres in traditional, advanced and future products. Action E54 comprised three working groups:

The main visible activity by which the Action fullfilled its goals was the organisation of workshops on the research topics. This book contains the COST 244bis Final Report as well as summaries from the workshops and other related reports.

Plasma polymerization is a rapidly growing part of materials science. Applications have been found in many fields and nowadays the interest turned especially into biomedical area. In order to push forward plasma polymerization as a part of material science in Europe a group of scientists about 5 years ago launched a COST Action 527 “Plasma Polymers and Related Materials” that gathered 48 projects from 15 European countries. Within this Action the work was performed in four working groups: A-Basic issues of plasma polymerization, B-Characterization of plasma polymers and surface modification, C-Deposition of plasma polymer films, D-Hard coatings and composites.

The Final Publication of the COST Action 868 on Biotechnical Functionalisation of Renewable Polymeric Materials gives an overview on the activities carried out by participating institutions and international experts in this area.