Stimuli-Responsive Gels

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Chemistry; biomedical applications; core-shell particle; drug delivery; hydrogel; injectable polymers; LCST; nanocomposite hydrogels; optical sensing; pH-responsive; physical hydrogel; poly(N-isopropylacrylamide); poly(vinyl caprolactam); polyelectrolyte; self-healing gels; shape memory hydrogels; stimuli-responsive; supramolecular; swelling; temperature-responsive; UCST
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [Although the technological and scientific importance of functional polymers have been well established over the last few decades, the most recent focus that has attracted much attention concerns stimuli-responsive polymer gels. These materials are of particular interest due to their abilities to respond to internal and/or external chemo-physical stimuli. Aside from the scientific challenges of designing stimuli-responsive polymer gels, the main technological interests concern numerous applications, ranging from catalysis in microsystem technology and chemo-mechanical actuators to sensors. This Special Issue includes seventeen papers covering a wide range of subjects including thermo- and pH-responsive hydrogels, functionalized materials, supramolecular stimuli-responsive structures, composite hydrogels, sensors, and biomedical applications. Together, these contributions not only provide an excellent overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field but also point out exciting challenges and opportunities for future work. In a number of reviews the most recent findings on "Stimuli-Responsive Gels" are compiled in this book supplemented by original contributions.