Sustainable Hydrogels (eBook, ePUB)

Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Redaktion: Thomas, Sabu; Shekhar, Shashank; Jain, Purnima; Sharma, Bhasha

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainable Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties and Applications highlights the development of sustainable hydrogels from various perspectives and covers a range of topics, including the development and utilization of abundant and/or inexpensive biorenewable monomers to create hydrogels; the mimicry of variable properties inherent to successful commercial hydrogels; and the creation of bio-based hydrogels that are functional equivalents of fossil fuel-derived hydrogels with respect to their properties, yet are capable of benign degradation over much shorter timescales. Some of the challenges facing sustainable polymer chemistry are also discussed.

• Shifts the focus from theory to practice and demonstrates how the cradle-to-cradle approach support sustainability
• Includes discussion of life cycle assessments in the production and use of hydrogels
• Presents various materials for the production of hydrogels

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323986182
• Artikelnr.: 67278974

Autorenporträt

Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution.

Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics
2. Sustainable production of hydrogels
3. Characterization tools and techniques for sustainable hydrogels
4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels
5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy
6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels
7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels
8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels
9. Lignin-derived hydrogels
10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels
11. Carbon-based hydrogels
12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels
13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems
14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification
15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of the art
16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy
17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides
18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects