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Natural and Synthetic Hydrogels
Rational Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2024
- Editor: Ravin Narain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 6 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 6 9 - 8
Natural and Synthetic Hydrogels: Rational Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive and easy to read text on hydrogels and their biomedical uses, cov… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNatural and Synthetic Hydrogels: Rational Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive and easy to read text on hydrogels and their biomedical uses, covering both fundamental as well as applied aspects of hydrogels. Lots of recent development have been made in the field, including new applications of hydrogels, thus readers will find in this book to be a new and fresh overview of hydrogels and their applications.
Hydrogels are three-dimensional network of cross-linked polymers or particles that contain a large amount of water. They have received tremendous attention for applications in biomedicines, what has led to significant progress in the design and engineering of the hydrogels to meet the needs for such applications.
- Provides a complete description for design approaches, synthetic strategies, and their characterizations
- Covers responsive hydrogels from the synthesis and application point-of-view
- Evaluates modern techniques to prepare hydrogels and their characterizations
Upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students, researchers and professors teaching fundamental and applied aspects of hydrogels
Part I - Fundamental Aspects of Hydrogels
1. Introduction of hydrogels
2. Properties of Hydrogels
3. Modern Approaches for the Fabrication of hydrogels: Chemical and Physical Crosslinking
4. Characterizations of Hydrogels
5. Hydrogels Degradation
6. Hydrogels Modification
Part II – Synthetic and Natural Derived Hydrogels
7. Hydrogels from Synthetic Polymers
8. Hydrogels based on natural polysaccharides
9. Peptide based hydrogels
10. Protein Hydrogels
11. Composite hydrogels
12. Extracellular Matrix (ECM) based Hydrogels
Part III – Types of Hydrogels
13. Responsive Hydrogels: Temperature, light, pH, etc
14. Double Network Hydrogels
15. Injectable Hydrogels
16. Self-Healing Hydrogels
17. Shape Memory Hydrogels
18. Self-Assembling hydrogels
19. Microgels and Nanogels
Part IV - Applications of hydrogels
20. Hydrogels in Cell and Tissue Engineering (fundamental asp
21. Hydrogels as Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
22. Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
23. Hydrogels for 3D Printing
24. Hydrogels in Sensing
25. Hydrogels for Wound Dressing
26. Commercially Available and Recently Approved Hydrogels for Clinical Applications
1. Introduction of hydrogels
2. Properties of Hydrogels
3. Modern Approaches for the Fabrication of hydrogels: Chemical and Physical Crosslinking
4. Characterizations of Hydrogels
5. Hydrogels Degradation
6. Hydrogels Modification
Part II – Synthetic and Natural Derived Hydrogels
7. Hydrogels from Synthetic Polymers
8. Hydrogels based on natural polysaccharides
9. Peptide based hydrogels
10. Protein Hydrogels
11. Composite hydrogels
12. Extracellular Matrix (ECM) based Hydrogels
Part III – Types of Hydrogels
13. Responsive Hydrogels: Temperature, light, pH, etc
14. Double Network Hydrogels
15. Injectable Hydrogels
16. Self-Healing Hydrogels
17. Shape Memory Hydrogels
18. Self-Assembling hydrogels
19. Microgels and Nanogels
Part IV - Applications of hydrogels
20. Hydrogels in Cell and Tissue Engineering (fundamental asp
21. Hydrogels as Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
22. Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
23. Hydrogels for 3D Printing
24. Hydrogels in Sensing
25. Hydrogels for Wound Dressing
26. Commercially Available and Recently Approved Hydrogels for Clinical Applications
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443161681
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Ravin Narain
Prof Dr Ravin Narain is currently a professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. He has extensive teaching experience in the field, having taught several courses related to Hydrogels in the University of Alberta – such as Chimie organique II, Special Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering, Advanced Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering, Advanced Biomaterials Science.He has made significant contributions to research on the design, fabrication, and characterization of novel polymers, hydrogels and nanomaterials for a wide range of applications.
His research has also covered biomaterials, nanomedicine, and regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on developing advanced materials as nucleic acid and cancer therapeutics, antifouling and antimicrobial uses, and cell/tissue engineering advances. He has published over 180 articles in peer-reviewed and high-impact journals and has edited several books.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada