TY - GEN digital ID - 131671604 TI - Hydrogels : Recent Advances AU - Thakur, Vijay Kumar AU - Thakur, Manju Kumari PY - 2018 SN - 9789811060779 PB - Singapore Springer Singapore, Imprint: Springer DB - UniCat KW - Macromolecules KW - Chemical structure KW - Chemistry KW - Human biochemistry KW - Electronics KW - Electrical engineering KW - Applied physical engineering KW - Biotechnology KW - moleculen KW - biopolymeren KW - medische biochemie KW - nanotechniek KW - biomedische wetenschappen KW - chemie KW - biotechnologie KW - ingenieurswetenschappen KW - atomen KW - polymeren KW - moleculaire biologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131671604 AB - This book discusses recent advances in hydrogels, including their generation and applications and presents a compendium of fundamental concepts. It highlights the most important hydrogel materials, including physical hydrogels, chemical hydrogels, and nanohydrogels and explores the development of hydrogel-based novel materials that respond to external stimuli, such as temperature, pressure, pH, light, biochemicals or magnetism, which represent a new class of intelligent materials. With their multiple cooperative functions, hydrogel-based materials exhibit different potential applications ranging from biomedical engineering to water purification systems. This book covers key topics including superabsorbent polymer hydrogel; intelligent hydrogels for drug delivery; hydrogels from catechol-conjugated materials; nanomaterials loaded hydrogel; electrospinning of hydrogels; biopolymers-based hydrogels; injectable hydrogels; interpenetrating-polymer-network hydrogels: radiation- and sonochemical synthesis of micro/nano/macroscopic hydrogels; DNA-based hydrogels; and multifunctional applications of hydrogels. It will prove a valuable resource for researchers working in industry and academia alike. ER -