Biorelated polymers and gels : controlled releases and applications in biomedical engineering / edited by Teruo Okano.
Material type: TextSeries: Polymers, interfaces, and biomaterialsPublication details: London : Academic, 1998.Description: 288p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780125250900 (hbk.) :
- 0125250908 (alk. paper)
- 610.28 OKA
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
--1-- Temperature-Responsive Polymers as On-Off Switches for Intelligent Biointerfaces -- 2 -- Temperature-Responsive Hydrogels as Intelligent Materials -- 3 -- Self-Oscillation of Polymer Gels Coupled with Nonlinear Chemical Reactions --4-- Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers for Modulated Drug Release --5-- Bioadhesion in Mucosal Drug Delivery --6-- Novel Passive Targetable Drug Delivery with Polymeric Micelles --7-- A Commentary on the Advantages and Limitations of Synthetic Polymer-Biomolecule Conjugates. Index.
This book is intended to bring basic researchers, biomedical engineers, and industrial scientists up-to-date with the new developments in polymers and gels, providing a resource rich discussion of the applications for these technologies.