Smart Materials: Integrated Design, Engineering Approaches, and Potential Applications

ISBN-13: 9781771886871 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 426 str.

Anca Filimon

Opis

This new volume focuses on a different class of polymers that are used as smart materials in the areas of biotechnology, medicine, and engineering. The chapters lay the groundwork for assimilation and exploitation of this technological advancement.

Spis treści

Impact of Smart Structures on Daily Life: An Alternative for Progress toward Revolutionary Discoveries. Engineering Smart Polymeric Materials with Complex Architectures for Biomedical Applications. Strategies to Improve the Xanthan Properties for Specific Applications. Amphiphilic Polymers Designed for Biomedical Applications. Self-Assembly in Solution of Metal Complexes Based on Organo-Siloxane Ligands. Porous Particles as Smart Materials for Biomedical Applications. Aminosilicones as Active Compounds in the Detection and Capture of Co₂ from the Environment. Smart Behavior of Cellulose Materials in Pharmaceutical Industries. Recent Research on PVA-Clay Nanocomposites for Targeted Applications. Surface Engineering of Polymeric Membranes. Design of Biologically Active Polymer Surfaces: Cationic Polyelectrolytes as a Multifunctional Platform to Prevent Bacterial Attachment. Biomimetic and Smart Biomaterials for Orthopedic Applications: More than the Sum of Their Components. Quantum Chemistry Simulations: A Computational Tool to Design and Predict Properties of Polymer-Based Smart Systems.