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Reflexive polymers and hydrogels : understanding and designing fast-responsive polymeric systems / edited by Nobuhiko Yui, Randall Mrsny, and Kinam Park.
LIBRA TA455.P58 .R43 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polymers.
- Physical Description:
- 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Section I Learning from Natural Systems 1
- Chapter 1 Learning from Nature: Examples of Rapid, Repetitive, Responsive Biological Events / Randall J. Mrsny 3
- Chapter 2 Seismonastic Movements in Plants / Nobuyuki Kanzawa, Takahide Tsuchiya 17
- Chapter 3 Contractile Systems of Muscles / Madoka Suzuki, Shin'ichi Ishiwata 33
- Chapter 4 Bacterial Flagellar Motor / Michio Homma, Toshiharu Yakushi 49
- Chapter 5 Molecular Mechanisms of Cytoplasmic Streaming in Plant Cells / Teruo Shimmen, Etsuo Yokota 67
- Chapter 6 Natural Polymer Gels with Fast Responses / Namjin Baek, Kinam Park 85
- Section II Theoretical Considerations 97
- Chapter 7 Kinetics of Smart Hydrogels / Nicholas A. Peppas 99
- Chapter 8 Polyelectrolyte Properties of Solutions and Gels / Hiroshi Frusawa, Kohzo Ito 115
- Chapter 9 Kinetics in Cyclic Hydrogel Systems / Ryo Yoshida 143
- Chapter 10 Cooperative Binding in Surfactant-Polymer Association: A Brief Overview / Rupali Gangopadhyay, Jian Ping Gong, Yoshihito Osada 165
- Chapter 11 Rate-Limiting Steps in Volume Change Kinetics of Fast Responsive Microporous Gels / Norihiro Kato, Stevin H. Gehrke 189
- Section III Synthetic Systems 217
- Chapter 12 Fast Shrinkable Materials / Mitsuhiro Ebara, Akihiko Kikuchi, Kiyotaka Sakai, Teruo Okano 219
- Chapter 13 Fast Swelling Hydrogel Systems / Richard A. Gemeinhart, Chunqiang Guo 245
- Chapter 14 Fast Sliding Motions of Supramolecular Assemblies / Nobuhiko Yui, Tooru Ooya 259
- Chapter 15 Light-Induced Molecular Orientations / Kunihiro Ichimura 283
- Chapter 16 Fast Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Systems / Seiji Kurihara 323
- Chapter 17 Engineering New Generation Drug Delivery Systems Based on Block Copolymer Micelles: Physicochemical Aspects / Eduardo Jule, Kazunori Kataoka 355
- Chapter 18 Fast Responsive Nanoparticles of Hydrophobically Modified Poly(Amino Acid)s and Proteinoids / Jong-Duk Kim, Seung Rim Yang, Yong Woo Cho, Kinam Park 373
- Chapter 19 Fast Biodegradable Polymers / Wim E. Hennink, Jan Hein van Steenis, Cornelus F. van Nostrum 401
- Section IV A Perspective on Reflexive Systems 425
- Chapter 20 A Perspective on Current and Future Synthetic Reflexive Systems / Kinam Park, Nobuhiko Yui, Randall J. Mrsny 427.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0849314879
- OCLC:
- 53231334
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