Natural and Synthetic Hydrogels: Rational Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications provides a
comprehensive text on hydrogels and their biomedical uses, covering both fundamental and applied aspects of hydrogels. Hydrogels are three-dimensional network of cross-linked polymers or particles that contain a large amount of water. They have received tremendous attention for applications in biomedicines, which has led to significant progress in the design and engineering of the hydrogels to meet the needs for such applications.
The book covers the recent developments that have been made in this field, including new applications of hydrogels, providing a new and fresh overview of hydrogels and their applications.
Natural and Synthetic Hydrogels: Rational Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications is valuable
to upper level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and progressors teaching fundamental and applied aspects of hydrogels.
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Table of Contents
Part I
Fundamental Aspects of Hydrogels
1. Introduction of hydrogels
2. Properties of Hydrogels
3. Modern Approaches for the Fabrication of hydrogels: Chemical and Physical Crosslinking
4. Characterizations of Hydrogels
5. Hydrogels Degradation
6. Hydrogels Modification
Part II
Synthetic and Natural Derived Hydrogels
7. Hydrogels from Synthetic Polymers
8. Hydrogels based on natural polysaccharides
9. Peptide based hydrogels
10. Protein Hydrogels
11. Composite hydrogels
12. Extracellular Matrix (ECM) based Hydrogels
Part III
Types of Hydrogels
13. Responsive Hydrogels: Temperature, light, pH, etc
14. Double Network Hydrogels
15. Injectable Hydrogels
16. Self-Healing Hydrogels
17. Shape Memory Hydrogels
18. Self-Assembling hydrogels
19. Microgels and Nanogels
Part IV
Applications of hydrogels
20. Hydrogels in Cell and Tissue Engineering (fundamental asp
21. Hydrogels as Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
22. Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
23. Hydrogels for 3D Printing
24. Hydrogels in Sensing
25. Hydrogels for Wound Dressing
26. Commercially Available and Recently Approved Hydrogels for Clinical Applications
Authors
Ravin Narain Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Ravin Narain, PhD, PEng, FRSC, is a Professor at the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering in the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Prof. Narain has made significant contributions to research on thedesign, fabrication, and characterization of novel carbohydrate-based materials (glycopolymers, hydrogels, and nanomaterials) for a wide range of applications. His research has also covered biomaterials, nanomedicines, and regenerative medicines, with an emphasis on developing advanced materials as cancer therapeutics, antifouling and antimicrobial uses, and cell/tissue engineering advances. He has published numerous articles in peerreviewed
and high-impact journals and has edited several books, namely, Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications (Wiley), Chemistry of Bioconjugates (Wiley), Glycopolymers: Synthesis and Applications (Smithers & Rapra), Polymers and Nanomaterials for Gene Therapy (Woodhead Publishing Elsevier), and Polymer Science and Nanotechnology (Elsevier). He was recently the section editor for the second edition of the book-Comprehensive Glycoscience (Elsevier). He is also on the editorial board for Frontiers in
Chemistry (Polymer Chemistry), Polymer Chemistry (RSC), Biomacromolecules (ACS), and Polymers (MDPI). He has won several awards including the Distinguished Visiting Researcher Award from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia.
