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Biorelated Polymers and Gels: Controlled Release and Applications in Biomedical Engineering (Polymers, Interfaces and Biomaterials) [Hardcover]

Teruo Okano (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0125250908 | ISBN-13: 978-0125250900 | Edition: 1st

This book is intended to bring basic researchers, biomedical engineers, and industrial scientists up-to-date with new developments in polymers and gels. It describes the physics and chemistry underlying polymer gel phase transitions, polymer structural changes used to control biointerfactual behavior, and intelligent polymer materials which are stimuli-responsive. Biorelated Polymers and Gels provides a resource-rich discussion of the applications and potentialfor these technologies.

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* One of the first books in this interdisciplinary field
* Brings the reader up-to-date quickly on new developments
* Describes intelligent materials, including stimuli-responsive polymers and their functions
* Provides a resource-rich discussion of the applications and potential for these technologies

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*
* One of the first books in this interdisciplinary field
* Brings the reader up-to-date quickly on new developments
* Describes intelligent materials, including stimuli-responsive polymers and their functions
* Provides a resource-rich discussion of the applications and potential for these technologies

Editorial Reviews

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"Readers will enjoy learning about the new science and technology of polymers and hydrogels as intelligent materials."
--POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, VOLUME 49
"A truly outstanding book in the field, this book is recommended to anybody working on pharmaceutical formulations or on the development of new drug delivery systems. The printing and aesthetic appearance are exceptional...Bravo!"
--JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 2001

From the Back Cover

Professor Teruo Okano is an authority in the science and technology of responsive polymer gels and controlled release using soft materials. He has been contributing to the field fundamentally by designing on the molecular level, various responsive gels tailored to the needs of specific individual applications. He is one of the first scientists to develop the controlled release matrix for cancers and other diseases. This book will be a reference for researchers and graduate students who work and study in the field of chemistry, chemical and agricultural industries, pharmacy, or medicine.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 257 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (March 16, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0125250908
ISBN-13: 978-0125250900
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,210,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
Considerable research attention has been focused recently on materials that change their structure and properties in response to external chemical and/or physical stimuli such as pH, light, and temperature. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
polymeric micelle system, stepwise temperature changes, modulated drug release, polymeric micelles, biomolecule conjugates, deswelling changes, drug release pattern, many drug molecules, thermosensitive hydrogels, swelling kinetics, copolymer gels, intelligent materials, glassy core, gel swelling, collective diffusion, capsule membrane, polystyrene dishes, buccal tissue, interpenetrating polymer networks, solute release, drug permeation, cohesive interactions, prolonged circulation time, drug carrier systems, block copolymer micelles

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Contr Rel, Boca Raton, New York, Mucosal Drug Delivery, Cancer Res, Academic Press, Gut Mucosa, Attachment of Organisms, Bioconjugate Chem, Cell Culture Insert, Rapid Commun, Biomater Sci, John Wiley, Masayuki Yokoyama, Plenum Press, Oxford University Press, Reproduced Nvith, The Netherlands

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This book cites 11 books:

Attachment Of Organisms To The Gut Mucosa by Edgar C. Boedeker on page 189, and page 192
Pulsed and Self-Regulated Drug Delivery by Joseph Kost on page 66, and page 133
Biomedical Engineering: An International Symposium by Wen-Jei Yang in Front Matter
Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems by Vincent M. Lenaerts on page 189
DRUG DELIVERY GASTROINTEST TRACT (Ellis Horwood Books in the Biological Sciences) by Hardy on page 190

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5 books cite this book:

Surface Activity: Principles, Phenomena and Applications (Polymers, Interfaces and Biomaterials) by Kaoru Tsujii in Front Matter
Biology in Physics: Is Life Matter? (Polymers, Interfaces and Biomaterials) by Konstantin Bogdanov in Front Matter
Optical Imaging Sensors and Systems for Homeland Security Applications (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications) by Bahram Javidi on page 384
Functional Condensation Polymers by Charles E. Carraher Jr. on page 197
Theoretical and Mathematical Models in Polymer Research: Modern Methods in Polymer Research and Technology (Polymers, Interfaces and Biomaterials) by Alexander Grosberg in Front Matter

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