Authored by two experts working in this important field of research, the timely book covers the latest advances in the synthesis of cyclodextrins, their properties and important industrial applications. To this end, the authors describe covalent and non-covalent assemblies, cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, cyclodextrin polymers, and modified cyclodextrins, resulting in an up-to-date overview of cyclodextrin chemistry. An invaluable reference for organic and polymer chemists in academia as well as those researchers in industry working in polymer, supramolecular and pharmaceutical chemistry, as well as food, textile and cosmetic science.

Wanda Sliwa is Professor of Chemistry at Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, Poland. She obtained her Ph.D. from Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) and then became assistant professor and later on associate professor at the same university. After a year of research at Universite Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France, she moved to Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa in 1981. She has been there vice-rector, head of the Organic Chemistry Department and director of the Institute of Chemistry. She has published around 320 papers, three books and ten patents to her name. Her research is focused on azaaromatic compounds and supramolecular chemistry.

Tomasz Girek is an assistant professor at Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, Poland. He studied chemistry there and obtained his Ph.D. from Silesian University in Katowice, Poland. He spent almost three years as a research fellow in the group of Prof. K. Matsumoto at Kyoto University (Japan) and in the group of Prof. S.-T. Lim at Korea University in Seoul (South Korea). He then joined the Department of Organic Chemistry at Jan Dlugosz University. He has published 35 papers and one book. He is a member of the Polish Chemical Society and European Cyclodextrin Society. His research interests are in the field of cyclodextrin chemistry and supramolecular chemistry.