Polymer materials with smart properties / Maria Bercea, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bercea, Maria.

Series:

Polymer Science and Technology

Polymer science and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers.

Smart materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The design of smart materials based on different natural and synthetic polymers represents one of the most attractive research areas over the last several years. Many efforts have been carried out to find new solutions for developing stimuli-responsive polymers sensitive to different triggers, which have a fast and reversible nonlinear response to small changes of external stimuli or environmental conditions. In combination with other organic/innorganic/macromolecular compounds, new composite materials owning multifunctional properties can be designed. Thus, the inorganic nanoparticles incorpo

Contents:

""POLYMER MATERIALS WITH SMART PROPERTIES""; ""POLYMER MATERIALS WITH SMART PROPERTIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: RECENT TRENDS IN SMART POLYMER MATERIALS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL GELS""; ""3. TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC MATERIALS""; ""4. GELS OBTAINED BY FREEZING/THAWING PROCEDURE""; ""5. PH-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC MATERIALS""; ""6. MAGNETIC FIELD-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC MATERIALS""; ""7. MULTIPLE STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC MATERIALS""; ""8. OTHER MATERIALS""

""CONCLUSION""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: THERMOREVERSIBLE INJECTABLE POLYURETHANE HYDROGELS: FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. THERMOREVERSIBLE HYDROGELS""; ""3. THERMOREVERSIBLE INJECTABLE POLYURETHANE HYDROGELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS""; ""4. BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMOREVERSIBLE HYDROGELS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: HYBRID SENSITIVE HYDROGELS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""

""ABBREVIATIONS""""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. POLYMERIC HYDROGELS""; ""3. INORGANIC COMPONENTS OF HYBRID HYDROGELS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS BASED ON CLAYS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. SMECTITE AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS""; ""3. GELATION OF SMECTITE AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS""; ""4. GELATION OF CLAY DISPERSIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF POLYMERS""; ""5. HYDROGELS OBTAINED BY POLYMERIZATION OF MONOMER IN THE PRESENCE OF CLAYS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""

""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: COMPOSITES BASED ON POLYMERS-LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES ANIONIC CLAYS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""3. LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES USED FOR PREPARING COMPOSITES""; ""4. HYBRID MATERIALS BASED ON POLYMERS � LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: SMART MATERIALS IN DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DECISION-MAKING USING NEUROSCIENCE AND GAME THEORY""

""3. GAME THEORY""""4. NEUROMARKETING""; ""5. DECISION-MAKING PROCESS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: XANTHAN: PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS IN SEPARATION PROCESSES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. XANTHAN STRUCTURE AND CONFORMATION""; ""3. PROPERTIES OF XANTHAN SOLUTION""; ""4. APPLICATIONS OF XANTHAN IN SEPARATION PROCESSES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE IMPLEMENTED FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-877-X

OCLC:

862746212