Polymer Gels Science and Fundamentals /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thakur, Vijay Kumar (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Thakur, Manju Kumari (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials,
• Subjects: Polymers .; Biomedical engineering.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Polymer Sciences.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.

This book exclusively focuses on the science and fundamentals of polymer gels, as well as the numerous advantages that polymer gel-based materials offer. It presents a comprehensive collection of chapters on the recent advances and developments in the core science and fundamentals of both synthetic...

Table of Contents:

• Brea Gum Gel Capacity
• An Overview on Polymer Gels Applied to Enzyme and Cell Immobilization
• Xylan-Based Gels and Their Fundamentals
• Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Gels for Protein Delivery
• Polysaccharide-Based Polymergels
• Chitosan Based Gels for Cancer Therapy
• Natural Polymeric and Gelling Agents
• Radiation Dosimetry - A Different Prospective of Polymer Gel
• Polymeric Gels: Vehicles for Enhanced Drug Delivery Across Skin
• Graphene Oxide - Polymer Gels
• Transport in and Through Gel
• Strategizing Advance Application of Polymer Gels by Incorporation of Fillers
• Polymer Gels: New Materials for the Future
• Polymer Gel-Clay (Nano)Composites
• Functional Gels
• Molecular Distinction Between Structures of Nanoporous Siloxane Polymers
• Stimuli Responsive Polysaccharides Based Gels: Fundamental and Pharmaceutical Aspects
• Polymer Gel for Islet Encapsulation for Diabetes Therapy.