Advanced coating materials

摘要

Advanced coating materials is a multi-authored text containing 14 stand-alone chapters,each ending with extensive reference lists.Contributors range across Japan,Australia,India,Ukraine,The Czech Republic,South Africa,Chile,Nigeria,Pakistan,Turkey and Spain.The two editors,Liang Li and Qing Yang,are professors at,respectively,the Soochow University and Zhejiang University,China.Surprisingly,their contribution to the work appears to reside only in the editing and there were no other contributors from China,most of Europe (except Spain but still including the UK) or the Americas.Perhaps this is a Little disappointing,given these countries'history of research in coatings.