Smart Polymers and their Applications

Informationen zum Autor Maria Rosa Aguilar works at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain. She is a tenured senior researcher with more than 15 years of expertise in the field of polymer therapeutics and drug targeting. She is co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and 13 book chapters, and editor of the book 'Smart Polymers and their applications'. She is also co-inventor of 2 international patents, and founder of the CIBER-BBN Young Scientist Forum Julio San Roman works at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain. He is director of the Group of Biomaterials of the Institute of Science and Technology of Polymers, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. His scientific activities are centred in the study and development of polymer systems for biomedical applications, and specifically in Tissue Engineering, Polymer Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems The first part of this book reviews the different types of smart polymer, discussing their properties, structure, design and characterization. Part two reviews applications of smart polymers in such areas as biomedical engineering, textiles and food packaging. The first part of this book reviews the different types of smart polymer, discussing their properties, structure, design and characterization. Part two reviews applications of smart polymers in such areas as biomedical engineering, textiles and food packaging. Part 1 Types of smart polymer: Temperature-responsive polymers; pH-responsive polymers; Photo-responsive polymers; Magnetically-responsive polymers; Enzyme-responsive polymers; Shape memory polymers; Smart polymer hydrogels; Self-healing polymer systems. Part 2 Applications of smart polymers: Tissue engineering; Drug delivery; Medical devices for minimally invasive surgery and diagnosis; Bio-separation and biotechnological applications; Textile applications; Food packaging; Data storage. ...

Autorentext

M. R. Aguilar de Armas and J. S. Roman, Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP), Spain.

Klappentext

The first part of this book reviews the different types of smart polymer, discussing their properties, structure, design and characterization. Part two reviews applications of smart polymers in such areas as biomedical engineering, textiles and food packaging.

Inhalt

Part 1 Types of smart polymer: Temperature-responsive polymers; pH-responsive polymers; Photo-responsive polymers; Magnetically-responsive polymers; Enzyme-responsive polymers; Shape memory polymers; Smart polymer hydrogels; Self-healing polymer systems. Part 2 Applications of smart polymers: Tissue engineering; Drug delivery; Medical devices for minimally invasive surgery and diagnosis; Bio-separation and biotechnological applications; Textile applications; Food packaging; Data storage.