Maria Bercea

Polymer Materials with Smart Properties

660.2945

23

Hardcover

Technology & Engineering, Science

1628088761

9781628088762

Yes

10.2 in

20 oz

7.1 in

QD549.2.P64P68 2013

2013-031567

English

232 Pages

2013

NOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated

The design of smart materials based on different natural and synthetic polymers represents one of the most attractive research areas over the last several years. Many efforts have been carried out to find new solutions for developing stimuli-responsive polymers sensitive to different triggers, which have a fast and reversible non-linear response to small changes of external stimuli or environmental conditions. In combination with other organic/inorganic/macromolecular compounds, new composite materials owning multifunctional properties can be designed. Thus, the inorganic nanoparticles incorporated into a polymer matrix provide novel functionalities to hydrogels and tuneable properties. This book reviews recent advances and developments of various classes of stimuli responsive polymer materials, different type of hydrogels for biomedical and pharmaceutical devices, scaffolds for tissue regeneration, and stimuli-responsive sensors or separation processes., The design of smart materials based on different natural and synthetic polymers represents one of the most attractive research areas over the last several years. This book reviews recent advances and developments of various classes of stimuli responsive polymer materials, different type of hydrogels for biomedical and pharmaceutical devices, scaffolds for tissue regeneration, and stimuli-responsive sensors or separation processes.

Preface; Recent Trends in Smart Polymer Materials; Thermoreversible Injectable Polyurethane Hydrogels: Future Challenges for Biomedical Applications; Hybrid Sensitive Hydrogels for Medical Applications; Nanocomposite Hydrogels Based on Clays; Composites Based on Polymers Layered Double Hydroxides Anionic Clays; Smart Materials in Decision-Making Systems; Xanthan: Physicochemical Properties & Applications in Separation Processes; Sol-Gel Technique Implemented for Biomedical Applications; Index.

Materials Science / General, Physics / Polymer

NOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated

9781628088762