Polymer Macro- and Micro-Gel Beads: Fundamentals and Applications

• Main Author: Nussinovitch, Amos. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Toxicology.; Biochemical engineering.; Food science.; Polymers.; Polymer Sciences.; Food Science.; Biochemical Engineering.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6618-6

Although the use of water-soluble polymer beads is on the rise in many fields, the literature offers only scattered chapters in a handful of books on the topic. Polymer Macro- and Micro-Gel Beads: Fundamentals and Applications fills this void. It covers both the properties and traditional and novel...

Table of Contents:

• Physical properties of beads and their estimation
• Bead formation, strengthening and modification
• Mathematical models for drying different polymeric beads
• Food and biotechnological applications of polymeric beads
• Medicinal applications of hydrocolloid beads
• Dry bead formation, structure, properties and applications
• Liquid-core beads and their applications in food and biotechnology
• Beads for drug delivery
• Beads and bacterial inoculants for agricultural uses
• Beads for environmental applications
• Index.