Smart Hydrogel Functional Materials

• Main Authors: Chu, Liang-Yin. (Author), Xie, Rui. (Author), Ju, Xiao-Jie. (Author), Wang, Wei. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Polymers.; Chemical engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Materials Science.; Polymer Sciences.; Biomedical Engineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39538-3

Smart Hydrogel Functional Materials comprehensively and systematically describes our current understanding of smart or intelligent hydrogel functional materials with environmental stimuli-responsive functions. The contents range from hydrogels (including hydrogel-functionalized membranes) to microge...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Structure-Function Relationship of Thermo-Responsive Hydrogels
• Preparation and Properties of Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Microgels
• Flow and Aggregation Characteristics of Thermo-Responsive Microgels During Phase Transition
• Polyphenol-Induced Phase Transition of Thermo-Responsive Hydrogels
• Functional Membranes with Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Gates
• Functional Microcapsules with Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Shells
• Part II pH-Responsive Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Preparation and Properties of Monodisperse pH-Responsive Microgels
• pH-Responsive Membranes and Microcapsules for Controlled Release
• Part III Thermo-/pH-Dual-Responsive Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Thermo-/pH-Dual-Responsive Hydrogels with Rapid Response Properties
• Part IV Alcohol-Responsive Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Smart Functional Membranes with Alcohol-Responsive Characteristics
• Part V Glucose-Responsive Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Hydrogels with Rapid Response to Glucose Concentration Change at Physiological Temperature
• Glucose-Responsive Membranes and Microcapsules for Controlled Release
• Part VI Ion-Recognizable Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Preparation and Properties of Ion-Recognizable Smart Hydrogels
• Functional Microcapsules with Ion-Recognizable Properties
• Part VII Molecular-Recognizable Hydrogel Functional Materials
• Preparation and Properties of Molecular-Recognizable Smart Hydrogels
• Functional Membranes with Molecular-Recognizable Properties.