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These days, massive consumer demands for short-term single-use plastic materials have produced huge plastic waste, which in turn has created tremendous environmental pollution. Biodegradable polymers or biopolymers can be used to develop alternatives to synthetic petroleum-based plastics. Different sources of biopolymers, like carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, as well as biodegradable polymers such as polyesters, polyamides, polyurethanes, etc., have been utilized recently to make environmentally benign biodegradable plastic.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- pullulan/carrageenan --- CuSNP --- limonene --- composite film --- mechanical property --- antibacterial activity --- chitosan --- tannic acid --- titanium dioxide --- nanocomposite film --- mechanical properties --- antioxidant activity --- melanin --- carvacrol --- agricultural residues --- carboxymethyl cellulose --- bioactive films --- functional films --- antimicrobial activity --- long afterglow PP composites --- plasticizer --- thermal --- mechanical --- DNA films --- spin coating --- film uniformity --- solvent effect --- biobased materials --- biodegradable --- food packaging --- pectin film --- physicomechanical --- Salicornia ramosissima --- sustainability --- biopolymer --- nanocomposites --- shelf life --- antimicrobial --- flexible printed electronics --- flexible hybrid electronics --- biopolymer films --- renewable-based substrate --- screen-printing --- surface energy --- pullulan --- gelatin --- sodium alginate --- oil oxidation --- edible film --- grease packaging --- n/a --- curcumin --- diclofenac --- films --- biopolymers --- carrageenan/alginate/poloxamer --- wound healing --- carrageenalginate/poloxamer

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Significant research efforts are currently being undertaken in the field of natural and synthetic polymers for a range of biomedical applications. (Co)polymer molecular structure, topology, self-assemblies, biodegradation, and hydrophobicity are of biomaterial importance for intrinsically biocompatible polymer systems. This book is comprised of nine chapters, published previously as original research contributions of the Special Issue focused on advances in polymeric materials for biomedical applications. The authors of these contributions are predominantly from central European countries, Italy and the United Kingdom. The content of this book will be of interest to scientists, scholars and students working in this area of knowledge, reflecting the progress in the development of advanced natural and synthetic polymer biomaterials.

fish gelatin --- citric acid --- electrospinning --- pH --- thermal treatment --- gelatin structure --- crosslinking degree --- dendrimer --- metallodendrimer --- acridine --- antimicrobial activity --- antibacterial cotton --- polystyrene --- nylon 6 --- electrospun fibers --- composite mesh --- proliferation --- roughness --- Ti6Al4V --- polydopamine --- antimicrobial peptides --- cathelicidin --- KR-12 --- polyhydroxyalkanoates --- oligo(3-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxybenzoyloxymethyl)propionate) --- bioactive (co)oligoesters --- p-anisic acid derivatives --- hydrolytic degradation --- cosmetic delivery system --- ESI-MS --- multistage mass spectrometry --- whey protein isolate --- hydrogel --- tannic acid --- anticancer scaffold --- 3D printing --- fused deposition modelling (FDM) --- computer aided design (CAD) --- erosion test --- dissolution study --- dynamic light scattering (DLS) --- poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) --- immunomodulation --- cytokines --- RAW 264.7 --- phagocytosis --- cell internalization --- antifungal --- thymoquinone --- ocimene --- miramistin amphotericin b --- bacterial cellulose --- wound dressing

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“Functional Polymer Solutions and Gels—Physics and Novel Applications” contains a broad range of articles in this vast field of polymer and soft matter science. It shows insight into the field by highlighting how sticky (non-covalent) chemical bonds can assemble a seemingly water-like liquid into a gel, how ionic liquids influence the gelation behavior of poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) as well as how the molecular composition of functional copolymers is reflected in the temperature-responsiveness. These physics were augmented by theoretical works on drag-reduction. Also, drug-release – an improved control of how fast or dependent on an external factor – and antibacterial properties were the topic of several works. Biomedical applications on how cell growth can be influenced and how vessels in biological systems, e.g., blood vessels, can be improved by functional polymers were complemented with papers on tomography by using gels. On totally different lines, also the topic of how asphalt can be improved and how functional polymers can be used for the enrichment and removal of substances. These different papers are a good representation of the whole area of functional polymers.

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) --- tacticity --- ionic liquid --- rheology --- hydrogel --- vascular graft --- braided fiber strut --- swellability --- mechanical property --- N-isopropylacrylamide --- lower critical solution temperature --- thermoresponsive polymers --- hydrophobic interactions --- statistical modeling --- SBS-modified asphalt binder --- UV aging --- rheological properties --- functional group --- cracking --- osteoporosis --- strontium --- polyphenol tannic acid --- titanium --- osteoblasts --- osteoclasts --- hydrophilic molecularly imprinted chitosan --- deep eutectic solvents --- solid phase microextraction --- gallic acid --- response surface methodology --- coating --- drug delivery --- surface roughness --- polymers --- mesoporous silica --- polypropylene --- nonwoven fibers --- plasma --- imprinted polymer --- chromium --- carbon-fibers --- multifunctional composites --- nanocomposites --- fracture toughness --- associative polymer colloids --- micellar assemblies --- Reynolds stress model --- polymer --- turbulent model --- drag reduction --- DNS --- responsive gels in biomedical and diagnostic applications --- gel --- precision --- radiation therapy --- dosimetry --- 3D --- flattening filter free --- FFF --- oxygen scavenger --- dose rate --- magnetic resonance --- fluorescent gels --- radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gel --- tomographic fluorescence imaging --- polymer-gel radiation dosimetry --- 3D radiation dosimetry --- microscopic characteristic --- poly (styrene-butadiene-styrene)-modified asphalt --- modified clamps --- adhesion --- n/a

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Recent advances in the fabrication techniques have enabled the production of different types of polymer sensors and actuators that can be utilized in a wide range of applications, such as soft robotics, biomedical, smart textiles and energy harvesting. Functional polymers possess dynamic physical and chemical properties, which make them suitable candidates for sensing and actuating tasks in response to external stimuli, such as radiation, temperature, chemical reaction, external force, magnetic and electric fields. This book focuses on the recent advancements in the modeling and analysis of functional polymer systems.

polymer gel --- colloidal crystals --- optical film --- pH sensor --- graphene oxide --- silver nanowires --- ionic electroactive polymer --- poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) --- 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol --- IIECMS --- MWCNT-CDC fibers --- PPy/DBS linear films --- uncertainty measurements --- electrostrictive properties --- actuators --- structural β-phase --- dielectric properties --- P(VDF-HFP) nanofibers --- electrospinning --- thermal compression --- hydrogels --- 3D printing --- tough --- sensor --- multi-parameter perturbation method --- piezoelectric polymers --- experimental verification --- cantilever beam --- force–electric coupling characteristics --- 4D printing --- metastructure --- shape-memory polymers --- wave propagation --- finite element method --- bandgap --- polymer composites --- microelectromechanical system (MEMS) --- electromagnetic (EM) actuator --- magnetic membrane --- microfluidic --- biomedical --- dynamic hydrogels --- tannic acid --- chitin nanofibers --- starch --- self-healing --- self-recovery --- functional polymers --- sensors