Polymer Gels and Networks
edited by Yoshihito Osada
and Alexei R. Khokhlov
This versatile reference offers an in-depth look at the properties, thermodynamic formation, structure, latest trends, and scientific applications of bio- and synthetic polymer gels, discussing both fundamental concepts and potential uses of gel technology.
Illustrating the utility of gels in biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, toiletry, and chemical engineering, Polymer Gels and Networks, also describes the use of hydrogels as superabsorbents, carriers for controlled drug release, membranes with regulated permeability, sensor devices, and artificial muscles!
Features:
- the incorporation details of hydrophobic- or temperature-sensitive monomer units and the addition of surfactants and linear polymers to enhance hydrophobic interactions
- examination of cross-linked polymer gels as well as gels with embedded metal nanoparticles or surfactant molecules
- theoretical modeling of network constitution, scaling theory, and kinetic approaches to the phase transition of gels
- the identifications of biological and responsive gels, including topics in chemical processing, dynamics, and rheology
- synthesized interdisciplinary viewpoints to extend applications of gel science beyond biomedicine
With over 1100 references, tables, equations, drawings, photographs, and micrographs, Polymer Gels and Networks is essential reading for organic, medicinal, physical, surface, and colloid chemists and biochemists; chemical, materials, biomedical, polymer, plastics, fibers, and coatings engineers and bioengineers; pharmaceutical scientists; and upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in these disciplines.
Contents:
Part I: Process and Formation of Gels
- Cascade Formalism Applied to Network Formation in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Gel Films
- Thermoreversible and Irreversible Physical Gels from Biopolymers
- Reversible (Physical) Gelation in the Solutions of Associating Polyelectrolytes
- Association in Polyelectrolyte-Catanionic Vesicle Systems: From Phase Behavior to Microstructure
- Metal Nanoparticle Formation in Polyelectrolyte Gels with Regular Microstructures
Part II: Structure and Behaviors of Gels
- Structure and Properties of Polyampholyte Gels
- Polyelectrolyte/Ionomer Behavior of Polymer Gels
- Electrical Behaviors and Mechanical Responses of Polyelectrolyte Gels
- Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Study on Nanostructures of Polyelectrolyte Gel/Surfactant Complexes
- Structural and Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Gels as Elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Electrical and Magnetic Field: Sensitive Smart Polymer Gels
- Rhythmically Pulsing Gels Based on Chemomechanical Feedback Instability
Index
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