This new volume, Chemical Technology and Informatics in Chemistry with Applications, reflects the huge breadth and diversity in research and the application of industrial and engineering chemistry and cheminformatics.

PART I New Insights in Engineering Chemistry 1. Use of Probiotics as a Feed in Aquaculture: A Review 2. Experimental Investigation of Carbonization Processes in the Formation of Foam-Based Epoxy Resin Containing Carbon Nanoparticles 3. Use of Genetic Algorithms to Solve Optimization Problems: A Critical Overview and a Vision for the Future 4. Beer, All a Science, Alcohol: Analysis and Quality Testing at Multiple Brewery Stages 5. Ozonation of Industrial Wastewater and the Future of Industrial Pollution Control: A Critical Review and a Vision for the Future 6. Novel Applications of Multiferroic Heterostructures 7. THz Generation from Gallium Arsenide Semiconductor Surfaces and Its Application in Spectroscopy 8. Multiferroic Polymer Film Composites for Memory Application 9. Chlorofluorocarbons, Ozone Levels Evaluation, People Actions, Tropospheric O3, and Air Quality PART II Chemical Informatics 10. Lignin Utilization as a Wood Surface Coating and Its Role in Feasibility Assessment of Lignocellulose-Based Bioethanol in Indonesia: A Cheminformatics Approach 11. A Shifting Paradigm of a Chemistry Methods Approach: Cheminformatics 12. Informatics for Sciences: A Novel Approach 13. The Shifting Paradigm of the Emerging Technology of Information and Communication Technology: Cheminformatics, to the Benefit of Science 14. High-Performance Grid Computing for Cheminformatics 15. High-Performance Grid Computing for Science: A Review

Alexander V. Vakhrushev, DSc, is Professor at the M.T. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University in Izhevsk, Russia, where he teaches theory, calculating, and design of nano- and microsystems. He is also the Chief Researcher of the Department of Information-Measuring Systems of the Institute of Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Nanotechnology and Microsystems of Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University. He is a corresponding member of the Russian Engineering Academy. He has over 400 publications to his name, including monographs, articles, reports, reviews, and patents.

Omari V. Mukbaniani, DSc, is Professor and Chair of the Macromolecular Chemistry Department of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also the Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry at that University. He is a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Georgia and was a member of the advisory and editorial boards of the Journal Proceedings of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Chemical Series) and a contributing editor to the journals Polymer News, Polymers Research Journal, and Chemistry and Chemical Technology.

Heru Susanto, PhD, is currently Head of the Information Department and a researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Computational Science & IT Governance Research Group. At present he is also an Honorary Professor and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Information Management, College of Management, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. Dr. Susanto has worked as an IT professional in several roles, including Web Division Head of IT Strategic Management at Indomobil Group Corporation and Prince Muqrin Chair for Information Security Technologies at King Saud University. His research interests are in the areas of information security, IT governance, computational sciences, business process reengineering, and e-marketing.