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Stimuli-Responsive Gels

ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [Although the technological and scientific importance of functional polymers have been well established over the last few decades, the most...

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Main Author: Dirk Kuckling ((Ed.))
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
Subjects:
Temperature-responsive
Core-shell Particle
Nanocomposite Hydrogels
Shape Memory Hydrogels
Biomedical Applications
Ph-responsive
Polyelectrolyte
Stimuli-responsive
Physical Hydrogel
Lcst
Injectable Polymers
Ucst
Optical Sensing
Supramolecular
Self-healing Gels
Poly(n-isopropylacrylamide)
Poly(vinyl Caprolactam)
Hydrogel
Drug Delivery
Chemistry / Bicssc
Swelling
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Summary:ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [Although the technological and scientific importance of functional polymers have been well established over the last few decades, the most recent focus that has attracted much attention concerns stimuli-responsive polymer gels. These materials are of particular interest due to their abilities to respond to internal and/or external chemo-physical stimuli. Aside from the scientific challenges of designing stimuli-responsive polymer gels, the main technological interests concern numerous applications, ranging from catalysis in microsystem technology and chemo-mechanical actuators to sensors. This Special Issue includes seventeen papers covering a wide range of subjects including thermo- and pH-responsive hydrogels, functionalized materials, supramolecular stimuli-responsive structures, composite hydrogels, sensors, and biomedical applications. Together, these contributions not only provide an excellent overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field but also point out exciting challenges and opportunities for future work. In a number of reviews the most recent findings on "Stimuli-Responsive Gels" are compiled in this book supplemented by original contributions.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (288 p.)
ISBN:9783038972105
9783038972112
books978-3-03897-211-2

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