Overview
- Introduces and discusses one of the most promising types of new polymer-based materials: polymeric hydrogels
- Well structured: Each chapter in this book is dedicated to a selected class of polymeric hydrogels
- Addresses the properties of different polymeric hydrogels as well as their potential applications
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials (SSPCM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polymeric Hydrogels as Smart Biomaterials
Editors: Susheel Kalia
Series Title: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25322-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25320-6Published: 28 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37278-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25322-0Published: 18 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2364-1878
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1886
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 234
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Biomaterials, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Optical and Electronic Materials