Multifunctional Hydrogels

From Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications

José García-Torres, Carlos Alemán, Ram K. Gupta

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032373409
• eBook ISBN: 9781040010013
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Hydrogels are important polymer-based materials with innate fascinating properties and applications: they are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb large amounts of water or aqueous fluids and are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and soft. The incorporation of functionalities to develop smart and bioactive platforms has led to a myriad of applications. This book offers a comprehensive overview of multifunctional hydrogels, covering fundamentals, properties, and advanced applications in a progressive way. While each chapter can be read stand-alone, together they clearly describe the fundamental concepts of design, synthesis, and fabrication, as well as properties and performances of smart multifunctional hydrogels and their advanced applications in the biomedical, environmental, and robotics fields.

This book:

• Introduces readers to different hydrogel materials and the polymer types used to fabricate them.

• Discusses conducting polymer hydrogels, nanocomposite hydrogels, and self-healing hydrogels.

• Covers synthesis methodologies and fabrication techniques commonly used to confer certain structures and/or architectures.

• Shows how hydrogels can be modified to incorporate new functionalities able to respond to physical and/or chemical changes.

• Examines applications including bioelectronics, sensors and biosensors, tissue engineering, drug delivery, antipathogen applications, cancer theranostics, environmental applications, and soft robotics, with chapters showcasing the main advances achieved up to date in every field.

Multifunctional Hydrogels: From Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications serves as a valuable resource for academic and industry researchers from interdisciplinary fields including materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, physics, and pharmaceutical engineering.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Editor Biographies
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1 Multifunctional Hydrogels: An Introduction
• Chapter 2 Hydrogels Based on Natural and/or Synthetic Polymers
• Chapter 3 Nanocomposite Hydrogels
• Chapter 4 Synthesis of Hydrogels: Physical and Chemical Cross-Linking
• Chapter 5 Fabrication Techniques of Hydrogels
• Chapter 6 Hydrogel-Based Sensors with Advanced Properties
• Chapter 7 Chemical-Responsive Reversible Hydrogels
• Chapter 8 Hydrogels with Electrical Properties
• Chapter 9 Hydrogels with Magnetic Properties
• Chapter 10 Hydrogels with Thermal Responsiveness
• Chapter 11 Mechanical Properties of Multifunctional Hydrogels
• Chapter 12 Hydrogels for Bioelectronics
• Chapter 13 Hydrogels for Physical and (Bio)Chemical Sensors
• Chapter 14 Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
• Chapter 15 Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
• Chapter 16 Hydrogels for Anti-Pathogen Applications
• Chapter 17 Hydrogels for Environmental Applications
• Chapter 18 Hydrogels for Wastewater Cleaning and Water Recovery
• Chapter 19 Hydrogels for Soft Robotics
• Index