Hydrogels Based on Natural Polymers - Softcover

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Dr. Yu Chen is Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He is guest editor of the Current Organic Chemistry journal, and an editorial board member for the Trauma & Emergency Care journal. Dr. Chen is a council member of the Youth Committee of the China Materials Research Society.
Dr. Yu Chen’s research interests are focused on chemical modification of natural polymers including chitosan, alginate and cellulose, etc., and their applications in the field of biomedical materials. He has worked on developing an application of wound dressing based on natural polymers for the purpose of hemostasis and anti-microbial properties. Dr. Chen and his group have published more than 60 papers in this field, acquired 16 patents, published 3 review papers and 2 books, and written 5 chapters in published monographs. In 2017, he edited a special issue of Current Organic Chemistry, named ‘Medical Materials from Chitosan, Design, Synthesis, Functionalization and Applications’. He also worked as lead editor on a book on click chemistry, published in 2017

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Hydrogels Based on Natural Polymers brings together the very latest advanced research into natural polymer-based hydrogels, covering fundamentals, preparation methods, synthetic pathways, advanced properties, major application areas, and novel characterization techniques. The advantages and disadvantages of each natural polymer-based hydrogel are also discussed, enabling the reader to develop and prepare polymeric hydrogels for specific properties and applications, and utilizing renewable, biodegradable and biocompatible materials.

The book begins by introducing the fundamentals of natural polymers and their hydrogels, explaining the development of hydrogels, and typical characteristics of the sources, structures and properties of these materials. Presentation methods are then discussed, organized by physical interaction, chemical reaction and crosslinking, and radiation crosslinking. The third section of the book focuses on properties of hydrogels based on natural polymers, including physical and chemical properties, stimuli-responsive properties, self-healing properties, and biological properties. The final section presents the major applications areas for these innovative materials, covering the biomedical field (wound dressing, drug delivery, tissue engineering), agriculture, water treatments, and the food industry, before assessing the available characterization tools and techniques.

This is a highly valuable resource for academic researchers, scientists and advanced students, working with hydrogels and natural polymers, as well as across the fields of polymer science, polymer chemistry, plastics engineering, biopolymers, and biomaterials. The detailed information is also of great interest to scientists and R&D professionals leading industrial research on these materials, alongside product designers, technicians and engineers across industries, looking to develop and utilize natural polymer-based hydrogels.