Hyperbranched Polymers for Biomedical Applications

• Main Authors: Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sengupta, Srijoni (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Das, Tamalika (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials,
• Subjects: Polymers .; Nanochemistry.; Biomedical engineering.; Polymer Sciences.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

This book presents a comprehensive study on a new class of branched polymers, known as hyperbranched polymers (HBPs). It discusses in detail the synthesis strategies for these particular classes of polymers as well as biocompatible and biodegradable HBPs, which are of increasing interest to polymer...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Synthesis of hyperbranched polymers: Step growth method
• Synthesis of hyperbranched polymers: Mixed methods
• Structure-Property relationship of Hyperbranched polymers
• Latest biomedical applications of hyperbranched polymers: Part 1: As delivery vehicle
• Part II: In bioimaging
• Part III: For tissue engineering.