Frank, Andy

FRANK W, MERCER, MATILDA M. FONE, MARTIN T. McKENZIE, and ANDY A. GOODWIN... 

FRANK W. MERCER, MATILDA M. FONE, and MARTIN T. McKENZIE Corporate Research and Development, Raychem Corporation Menlo Park, California 94025. ANDY A. GOODWIN Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. 

Frank W. Mercel, Matilda M. Fone, Martin T. McKenzie, and Andy A. Goodwin... 

To summarise then, this book is timely and edited by three of the four main experts in the field. It is planned with meticulous detail, and - of paramount importance - it is authoritative. It is inconceivable that any researcher in the future will not need access to this book, and it will be extensively cited. I congratulate Frank, Doug and Andy on a wonderful volume. Editing books of this type is a service to the community (no one does it for the royalties ), and we owe them a debt of gratitude for the huge investment of time they have made. 

This chapter benefited enormously from discussion with, and comments and criticism received from Tom Ahrens, Alan Boss, Pat Cassen, Andy Davis, Martin Frank, Tim Grove, Munir Humayun, Don Porcelli, Norm Sleep, Mike Walter, Uwe Wiechert, Rainer Wieler, Kevin Zahnle, and two anonymous reviewers. 

The ionic liquids field continues to develop at an incredible rate. No sooner do I think that I am on top of the literature than it turns out that a whole new area of work has emerged without me noticing. Things that were once supposedly impossible in ionic liquids, such as measuring the II NMR of solutes, are now widely applicable (see Chapter 8). Hence, collected volumes such as this are very welcome. This volume complements some other excellent texts, notably Electrodeposition in ionic liquids , edited by Frank Endres, Andy Abbott and Doug MacFarlane Electrochemical Aspects of Ionic Liquids edited by Hiro Ohno Ionic liquids in Synthesis , edited by Peter Wasserscheid and myself and a recent collected volume of Accounts of Chemical Research. 

Even as a teenager, Andy Frank loved to take apart old cars, scavenging old parts, then putting everything back together better than before. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, better meant faster. It meant more torque, more horsepower. At the time, the only way to... 

Such attitudes are dying a difficult, slow death, Frank says. Sooner or later, his work will transform the way people drive, because the results are undeniable. His cars are better than anything in any showroom anywhere, and the word is finally out Andy Frank s cars can save the world. 

Quotes and biographical information on Andy Frank are based on the author s interviews, as well as Frank s numerous published papers, articles, and speeches, and his public appearances. 

Frank and his wife Jill, who is a teacher/director of a preschool and a church organist, are the parents of Andy, Bob, and Bill and the grandparents of Riyad and Ava. 

Andy Waller, Rob Dryfe, Richard Webster, Nathan Lawrence, Frank Marken, and Andreas Neudeck. We thank John Freeman for the preparation of all of the figures in this manuscript. 

Myung D, Duhamel PE, Cochran JR, Nool-andi J, Ta CN, Frank CW. Development of hydrogel-based keratoprostheses a materials perspective. Biotechnol Prog 2008 24 735 1. 

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