Biocidal Polymers / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pal Singh Chauhan, Narendra, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antimicrobial polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 370 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd revised edition

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Biocidal polymers are designed to inhibit or kill microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and protozoans. This book summarizes recent findings in the synthesis, modification and characterization of various antimicrobial polymers ranging from plastics and elastomers to biomimetic and biodegradable polymers. Modifications with different antimicrobial agents as well as antimicrobial testing methods are described in a comprehensive manner.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of contributing authors

About the Editor

1. Cationic antimicrobial polymers

2. Antibacterial activity of amphiphilic polymers

3. Design of biomimetic antimicrobial polymers

4. Polymer-metal nanocomposites with antimicrobial activity

5. Biocidal activity of biodegradable polymers

6. Polylactic acid and polyethylene glycol as antimicrobial agents

7. Conducting polymers with antimicrobial activity

8. Antimicrobial activities of plastics and elastomers

9. Functionalised antimicrobial polymers

10. Antimicrobial activities of N-halaminebased polymers

11. Antimicrobial testing methods

12. Antimicrobial peptides

13. Biocidal polymers: Future perspective

Abbreviations

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110638639

3110638630

9783110639131

3110639130

OCLC:

1125188340