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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Sustainable production of hydrogels - p. 23 10. Chapter 3. Tools and techniques for characterizing sustainable hydrogels - p. 47 11. Chapter 4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels - p. 79 12. Chapter 5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy - p. 113 13. Chapter 6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels - p. 147 14. Chapter 7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels - p. 175 15. Chapter 8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels - p. 197 16. Chapter 9. Lignin-derived hydrogels - p. 243 17. Chapter 10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels - p. 253 18. Chapter 11. Carbon-based hydrogels - p. 298 19. Chapter 12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels - p. 325 20. Chapter 13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems - p. 355 21. Chapter 14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification - p. 375 22. Chapter 15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of art - p. 431 23. Chapter 16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy - p. 451 24. Chapter 17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides - p. 476 25. Chapter 18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects - p. 489 26. Index - p. 505
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Sustainable production of hydrogels - p. 23 10. Chapter 3. Tools and techniques for characterizing sustainable hydrogels - p. 47 11. Chapter 4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels - p. 79 12. Chapter 5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy - p. 113 13. Chapter 6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels - p. 147 14. Chapter 7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels - p. 175 15. Chapter 8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels - p. 197 16. Chapter 9. Lignin-derived hydrogels - p. 243 17. Chapter 10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels - p. 253 18. Chapter 11. Carbon-based hydrogels - p. 298 19. Chapter 12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels - p. 325 20. Chapter 13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems - p. 355 21. Chapter 14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification - p. 375 22. Chapter 15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of art - p. 431 23. Chapter 16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy - p. 451 24. Chapter 17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides - p. 476 25. Chapter 18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects - p. 489 26. Index - p. 505
