Springer, 2018. — 475 p. — (Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials). — ISBN: 9811060762.
This book discusses recent advances in hydrogels, including their generation and applications and presents a compendium of fundamental concepts. It highlights the most important hydrogel materials, including physical hydrogels, chemical hydrogels, and nanohydrogels and explores the development of hydrogel-based novel materials that respond to external stimuli, such as temperature, pressure, pH, light, biochemicals or magnetism, which represent a new class of intelligent materials.
With their multiple cooperative functions, hydrogel-based materials exhibit different potential applications ranging from biomedical engineering to water purification systems. This book covers key topics including superabsorbent polymer hydrogel; intelligent hydrogels for drug delivery; hydrogels from catechol-conjugated materials; nanomaterials loaded hydrogel; electrospinning of hydrogels; biopolymers-based hydrogels; injectable hydrogels; interpenetrating-polymer-network hydrogels: radiation- and sonochemical synthesis of micro/nano/macroscopic hydrogels; DNA-based hydrogels; and multifunctional applications of hydrogels. It will prove a valuable resource for researchers working in industry and academia alike.
Intelligent Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Systems
History, Classification, Properties and Application of Hydrogels: An Overview
Macroporous Hydrogels: Preparation, Properties, and Applications
Hydrogel-Based Strategies for Stem Cell Therapy
Protein- and Nanoparticle-Loaded Hydrogels Studied by Small-Angle Scattering and Rheology Techniques
Preparation, Properties and Application of Hydrogels: A Review
Hydrogel-Based Stimuli-Responsive Functionalized Graft Copolymers for the Controlled Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil, an Anticancer Drug
Emerging Technology in Medical Applications of Hydrogel
Electrospinning of Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
Self-assembling Hydrogels from pH-Responsive Ionic Block Copolymers
Cellulose Hydrogels; Fabrication, Properties, and Their Application to Biocompatible and Tissue Engineering
Injectable Hydrogels for Cartilage Regeneration
DNA-Based Hydrogels: An Approach for Multifunctional Bioapplications
Stem Cell Culture on Polymer Hydrogels
Various Functional and Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Based on Polyaspartamides
Hydrogels from Catechol-Conjugated Polymeric Materials