Biodegradable polymers. Volume 1, Advancement in biodegradation study and applications / Chih-Chang Chu, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chu, Chih-Chang, editor.

Series:

Polymer science and technology series (Nova Science Publishers)

Polymer Science and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers--Biodegradation.

Polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These 2 volume books strive to provide to our readers the most up-to-date core information available in the published literature as well as our yet to be published studies with ample illustrations (total 416) on biodegradable polymers. Much of the information used in this book is from the authors' own research activities over the past several decades. These 2 volume books contain a compilation of new developments in the creation and use of biodegradable polymers including the relatively new polymers designed from the ground up (i.e., designing new monomers), the modification of existing biodegradable polymers to achieve particular new goals and functions, new fabrication methods for better efficiency, purity and yields, new engineering methods to formulate existing biodegradable polymers into new physical forms, and new applications of existing or new biodegradable polymers in biomedical and environmental arenas. These 2 volume books contain a total of 28 chapters grouped under 2 volumes. Volume 1 has a total of 14 chapters and 2 sections: Section I Basic degradation study and phenomenon (6 chapters), and Section II Biomedical and environmental applications (8 chapters). Volume 2 has also 14 chapters, and focuses on newly designed biodegradable polymers, and their formulation into different physical forms. The chapters in both volumes have both new original articles and information and review articles with updated and new information. Although the bulk of the chapters in this book (>90%) deal with issues in biomedical fields which are far more challenging, demanding, and costly to resolve, two chapters deal with use of biodegradable materials for environmental impacts. The books are designed for material and polymer scientists and engineers and biomedical engineers in both universities and in industries with an interest in the biomedical field. Biomaterial scientists and engineers, biomedical engineers and even medical professionals who have used implantable polymeric-based medical devices for their practice will find these books coverage of the latest developments and challenges useful either as a comprehensive review or an up to date report of the developments in the field of biodegradable polymers. The contributors include both academic scientists and research scientists in industry, from 10 different countries in North (USA) and South America (Brazil, Argentina), Asia (China, Korea, Singapore) and Europe (Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal). Therefore, these 2 volume books are truly internationally as well as multidisciplinary-oriented, covering science and engineering without borders.

Contents:

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS VOLUME 1 ADVANCEMENT IN BIODEGRADATION STUDY AND APPLICATIONS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS VOLUME 1 ADVANCEMENT IN BIODEGRADATION STUDY AND APPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; I. Basic Degradation Study; Chapter 1 Biodegradation from the Viewpoint of a Polymer Chemist: Biodegradable Polyether Graft Polyesters; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Aliphatic Polyesters; 2.1. Factors Influencing the Degradation Rate; 2.1.1. Hydrophilicity; 2.1.2. Crystallinity; 2.1.3. Molecular Weight; 2.1.4. Polymer Erosion

3. Design of Degradable Polymers4. How to Alter the Degradation Rate of a Polymer?; 4.1. Polymer Microstructure; 4.2. Polymer Architecture; 5. Aliphatic Polyesters as Degradable Building Blocks in Different Architectures; 5.1. Polyester Networks; 5.2. Polyester-based Graft Copolymers; 5.2.1. Polyester Graft Polyesters; 5.2.2. Polyether Graft Polyesters; 5.3. Hydrolytic Degradation of the 1st Generation of Polyether Graft Polyesters; 5.3.1. Sample Preparation and Degradation Procedure; 5.3.2. Degradation Monitoring Techniques; 5.3.3. Mass Loss As a Function of Degradation Time

5.3.4. Mass Ratio of the Building blocks As a Function of Degradation Time5.3.5. Molecular Weights and Polydispersities As a Function of Degradation Time; 5.3.6. Morphology As a Function of Time; 5.3.7. Other Techniques Which Have Not Been Applied in This Study; 5.3.8. Summary; 5.4. Polyether Graft Polyesters of the 2nd Generation; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Constitutive Modeling and Mechanical Behavior Prediction of Biodegradable Polymers During Degradation; Abstract; Introduction; Biodegradation Process; Physical-Chemical Mechanisms and Modeling

Hydrolytic Damage and Failure CriteriaConstitutive models for Polymers with Biodegradation Process; Linear Elastic Constitutive Model; Hyperelastic Constitutive Models; Elastoplastic Constitutive Models; Viscoelastic and Viscoplastic Constitutive Models; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Description of Shape Changes in Solids; Description of Internal Forces in a Solid; References; Chapter 3 Recent Trends in the Structural Characterization and Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers by Modern Mass Spectrometry; Abstract; Abbreviations; Analytical Techniques; Matrix for MALDI Analysis

PolymersCationization Agent; 1. Introduction; 2. Characterization of Biodegradable Polymers by Mass Spectrometry; 2.1. Studies Based on Matrix - Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS) Analysis; 2.2. Studies Based on Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI MS) Analysis; 2.3. Studies Based on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Analysis; 3. Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers by Mass Spectrometry; 3.1. Studies Based on Matrix - Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS) Analysis

3.2. Studies Based on Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI MS) Analysis

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63483-651-0