Polymeric hydrogels as smart biomaterials [electronic resource] / edited by Susheel Kalia.
2016
QD549.2.P64
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Title
Polymeric hydrogels as smart biomaterials [electronic resource] / edited by Susheel Kalia.
ISBN
9783319253220 (electronic book)
3319253220 (electronic book)
9783319253206
3319253204
3319253220 (electronic book)
9783319253206
3319253204
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-25322-0 doi
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QD549.2.P64
Dewey Decimal Classification
541/.3451
541.2254
541.2254
Summary
This book is concerned with polymeric hydrogels, which are considered as one of the most promising types of new polymer-based materials. Each chapter in this book describes a selected class of polymeric hydrogels, such as superabsorbent hybrid nanohydrogels, conducting polymer hydrogels, polysaccharide-based or protein-based hydrogels, or gels based on synthetic polymers. In this way, the book also addresses some of the fascinating properties and applications of polymeric hydrogels: they are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb, swell and retain large quantities of water or aqueous fluids. In combination with metal nanoparticles, nanofibrils or nanowhiskers, which may be embedded in the gels, they find widespread applications, ranging from agriculture, and waste water treatment, over electronics, to pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Applications mentioned in this book include electro sensors, capacitors, electromechanical actuators, and even artificial muscles.
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Kalia, Susheel. editor.
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Springer series on polymer and composite materials.
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Table of Contents
Polymeric Hydrogels: A Review of Recent Developments
Conducting Polymer Hydrogels.-Polysaccharide-Based Natural Hydrogels
Protein-Based Hydrogels
Sterculia Gum-Based Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications.-Antimicrobial Polymeric Hydrogels
Bio-Polymer Based Hydrogel for the Decontamination of Organic Waste.-Chitosan and Starch-Based Hydrogels via Graft Copolymerization.
Conducting Polymer Hydrogels.-Polysaccharide-Based Natural Hydrogels
Protein-Based Hydrogels
Sterculia Gum-Based Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications.-Antimicrobial Polymeric Hydrogels
Bio-Polymer Based Hydrogel for the Decontamination of Organic Waste.-Chitosan and Starch-Based Hydrogels via Graft Copolymerization.