Author: Rolando Barbucci
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: applications, properties, biological, hydrogels
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-03-16
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 8847011035
ISBN-13: 9788847011038

The studies on Biohydrogels have had a rapid, exponential evolution in the last decades. Starting from one of the first applications of hydrogels in surgery, polyvinylalcohol crosslinked with formaldehyde under the trade name of Ivalon, we passed through PolyHema hydrogels as contact lens materials, hydrophilic polyurethanes (HPU), biodegradable hydrogels for both reconstructive surgery and pharmaceutical delivery systems, and finally more recently, one decade old, the thermoreversible and transient network hydrogels. Of course all these classes of hydrogels have been always and continuosly st

Authors:J.Y. Chang, D.Y. Godovsky, M.J. Han, C.M. Hassan, J. K
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: advances, polymer, science, vol, nanocomposites, polymerisation, pva, hydrogels, anionic, biopolymers
Number of Pages: 221
Published: 2000-10-02
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 354067313X
ISBN-13: 9783540673132

Presents present and future trends in polymer science, with a collection of papers contributed by researchers in the biopolymers, PVA hydrogels, anionic polymerisation, and nanocomposites.

Authors:Nobuhiko Yui, Randall J. Mrsny, Kinam Park,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: responsive, polymeric, systems, fast, designing, polymers, hydrogels, understanding, reflexive
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2004-03-17
List price: $239.95
ISBN-10: 0849314879
ISBN-13: 9780849314872

The design of environment-sensitive devices for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications has improved significantly due to recent advances in smart polymer and hydrogel technology. Despite their capacity to carry out functions that previously were unobtainable, smart polymers and hydrogels tend to have painfully slow response times. On the other hand biological systems go through phase changes at an extremely fast rate. This book examines the natural systems that respond almost instantaneously to environmental stimuli, and thus gives the reader an understanding of the mechanisms that govern

Authors:Haesun Park, Kinam Park, Waleed S.W. Shalaby,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: delivery, drug, hydrogels, biodegradable
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 1993-05-17
List price: $199.95
ISBN-10: 1566760046
ISBN-13: 9781566760041

From the Authors’ Preface The advances made in the area of controlled drug delivery during the last two decades are remarkable ….Of the many polymeric materials, biodegradable hydrogels present unique advantages and opportunities in the development of …delivery devices….We have undertaken the challenge of putting together information relevant to biodegradable hydrogels in one place. This book covers the mechanisms of biodegradation, types of biodegradable hydrogels,chemical and physical gels, chemical and enzymatic degradation, and examples of biodegradable drug delivery systems.