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synthesis, characterization and applications
1 online resource (xx, 405 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Front Matter -- Polyesters / Adam L Sisson, Michael Schroeter, Andreas Lendlein -- Biotechnologically Produced Biodegradable Polyesters / Jaciane Lutz Ienczak, Gl̀ucia Maria Falĉo de Araĝo -- Polyanhydrides / Avi Domb, Jay Prakash Jain, Neeraj Kumar -- Poly(Ortho Esters) / Jorge Heller -- Biodegradable Polymers Composed of Naturally Occurring a-Amino Acids / Ramaz Katsarava, Zaza Gomurashvili -- Biodegradable Polyurethanes and Poly(ester amide)s / Alfonso Rodr̕guez-Gal̀n, Lourdes Franco, Jordi Puiggal̕ -- Carbohydrates / Gerald Dr̃ger, Andreas Krause, Lena M̲ller, Severian Dumitriu -- Biodegradable Shape-Memory Polymers / Marc Behl, J̲rg Zotzmann, Michael Schroeter, Andreas Lendlein -- Biodegradable Elastic Hydrogels for Tissue Expander Application / Thanh Huyen Tran, John Garner, Yourong Fu, Kinam Park, Kang Moo Huh -- Biodegradable Dendrimers and Dendritic Polymers / Jayant Khandare, Sanjay Kumar -- Analytical Methods for Monitoring Biodegradation Processes of Environmentally Degradable Polymers / Maarten van der Zee -- Modeling and Simulation of Microbial Depolymerization Processes of Xenobiotic Polymers / Masaji Watanabe, Fusako Kawai -- Regenerative Medicine: Reconstruction of Tracheal and Pharyngeal Mucosal Defects in Head and Neck Surgery / Dorothee Rickert, Bernhard Hiebl, Rosemarie Fuhrmann, Friedrich Jung, Andreas Lendlein, Ralf-Peter Franke -- Biodegradable Polymers as Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering / Yoshito Ikada -- Drug Delivery Systems / Kevin M Shakesheff -- Oxo-Biodegradable Polymers: Present Status and Future Perspectives / Emo Chiellini, Andrea Corti, Salvatore D'Antone, David McKeen Wiles -- Index.
edited by Andreas Lendlein and Adam Sisson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.