Sustainable Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780323917537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 538 str.

Thomas, Sabu

Spis treści

1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics 2. Sustainable production of hydrogels 3. Characterization tools and techniques for sustainable hydrogels 4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels 5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy 6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels 7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels 8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels 9. Lignin-derived hydrogels 10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels 11. Carbon-based hydrogels 12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels 13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems 14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification 15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of the art 16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy 17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides 18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects

O autorze

Prof. Sabu Thomas is one of India's most renowned scientists known for his contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He is a scientist, administrator and a teacher of national and international students. He joined Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, to pursue his bachelor's degree in polymer science and rubber technology.
He went on to complete his Ph. D. at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. After attaining industrial experience, he returned to Mahatma Gandhi University, India, as a lecturer. He currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University.
He has guided over 116 Ph. D students. He has received several national and international awards for best researcher and is a member of numerous scientific bodies and committees. He has been honoured with honorary doctorates from University of South Brittany, France; University of Lorraine, France and Siberian Federal University, Russia. He has authored more than 1,200 research publications and 156 books. He has been ranked 114th in the list of the world's best scientists (Stanford University, USA). He was also selected for the DST Nanomission award 2020. He received Honorary Professorship from Siberian Federal University in 2020. Last year he was honoured with C.N.R Rao Award Prize Lecture in Advanced Materials by Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). He was elected as the Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)-2019. In 2022 he was honoured the Bailey Medal Award and in 2021 was awarded the Kairali Lifetime Research Award 2021 by the Kerala government. Dr. Bhasha Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, India. She received her BSc (2011) in Polymer Sciences from the University of Delhi, and completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2019. Her research interests revolve around sustainable polymers for packaging applications, environmentally benign approaches for biodegradation of plastic wastes, fabrication of bionanocomposites, and finding strategies to ameliorate the electrochemical activity of biopolymers. Dr. Purnima Jai is an Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry in Netaji Subhas University of Technology. She is the founder of laboratory "Advance Centre for Polymer Science in Department of Chemistry in NSUT. She has completed her M. Tech and Doctorate from Centre for Polymer Science & Technology, IIT Delhi. Besides teaching chemistry her general research interests are development and characterization of blends, alloys and nanocomposites of polymers. Shashank Shekhar
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi, India
Dr. Shashank Shekhar is currently an Assistant Professor at Netaji Subhas University of Technology and is also associated with the Quantum Research Centre of Excellence as Associate Director in the Department of Renewable Energy. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Delhi. Dr. Shekhar has been working on biopolymers and Schiff base metal complexes for the last 5 years and has published articles in reputed international journals.