The State Scientific Institution V. A. Belyi Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (MPRI NASB)

MPRI is an academic scientific and engineering center consisting of 5 research departments, and Editorial Boards of scientific journals “Friction and Wear” and “Materials, Technologies, Tools”.

The Institute is engaged in fundamental and applied investigations within the scope of the two main assigned trends:

• Interfacial phenomenon in polymer systems, physico-chemica bases of developing composite materials on the base of organic and inorganic polymers;
• Physics, chemistry and mechanics of surface, analysis of contact interactions, friction, wear and lubrication in engineering and biological systems.

THE INSTITUTE RUNS:

Post-graduate and senior doctorate courses, a Council on granting Doctor and Candidate (Ph.D) of Sciences degrees in specialties:

• Physics of condensed state;
• Materials science (engineering);
• Tribology.

Multiple-access centers:

• Belarus Center of probe microscopy;
• Center of tribological testing and certification of composite materials and lubricants.

THE INSTITUTE PUBLISHES TWO JOURNALS:

• International journal “Friction and Wear” (6 issues/year) in Russian, its English translation is published by Pleiades Publishing, Inc. and by Springer in electron version,
• International scientific and technical journal “Materials, Technologies, Tools” in Russian (4 issues/year),