Hydrogels: Recent Advances

Vijay Kumar Thakur (Curatore)

Manju Kumari Thakur (Curatore)

Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2019

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.

• Curatore: Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur
• Editore: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Collana: Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 470 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9789811338663

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