**About the Editor**

**Phuong Nguyen-Tri** is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Universite du Qu ´ ebec ´ a Trois-Rivi ` eres in Trois-Rivi ` eres, Quebec, Canada. He is the founder of the ` Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment at the Universite du Qu ´ ebec ´ a` Trois-Rivieres. He holds an M.Sc. degree from ` Ecole Nationale Sup ´ erieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, ´ France, and a Ph.D. degree in Material Sciences from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers ´ in Paris, France in 2009. His main research interests are in nanomaterials, hybrid nanoparticles, smart coatings, polymer crystallization, and polymer blends and composites. Dr. Nguyen-Tri has edited 14 books (including 10 books by Elsevier). He has served as Editor of several issues of ISI-indexed journals. Dr. Nguyen-Tri is Topic Editor of *Polymers*, Editor of *AIMS Materials Science*, Editorial Board Member for journals including *RSEM, Journal of Composites Science, PLOS One* (PLOS), *Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, Nanostructures and Nano-Objects* (Elsevier), and *SN Applied Science* (Nature-Springer). He is Guest Editor for various journals including *Progress in Organic Coatings* (Elsevier), *Environmental Science and Pollution Research* (Nature-Springer), and *Energy Sources, Part A* (Taylor & Francis).
