Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels : Understanding and Designing Fast Responsive Polymeric Systems

ISBN-13: 9780849314872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 472 str.

Nobuhiko Yui; Randall J. Mrsny; Kinam Park

Opis

The design of environment-sensitive systems with biomedical and pharmaceutical applications has improved significantly due to recent advances in smart polymer and hydrogel technology. Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels: Understanding and Designing Fast-Responsive Polymeric Systems examines several natural systems that respond rapidly to environmental stimuli, providing the reader with an understanding of mechanisms that govern these responses. It also considers limitations of reflexive systems, by investigating model systems where selected interactions of specific components are evaluated to determine theoretical limits of response rates and cycle time. The text characterizes the status of artificially prepared materials that could have both thermodynamic and kinetic response events, and explores potential future applications of such systems. It includes chapters on how to design synthetic reflexive systems based on an understanding of the naturally occurring systems, and discusses potential applications of reflexive systems in biomedical and pharmaceutical areas.D esigned for those working in controlled drug delivery, tissue engineering and biomedical engineering, this groundbreakin

Spis treści

Examining several natural systems that respond rapidly to environmental stimuli, this book provides an understanding of the mechanisms that govern these responses. It considers limitations of reflexive systems, by investigating model systems where selected interactions of specific components are evaluated to determine theoretical limits of response rates and cycle time. The text characterizes the status of artificially prepared materials that could have both thermodynamic and kinetic response events and explores potential future applications of such systems. It includes chapters on how to design synthetic reflexive systems and discusses potential applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical areas.

O autorze

Yui, Nobuhiko; Mrsny, Randall J.; Park, Kinam