1st Edition
Multifunctional Hydrogels From Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications
Hydrogels are important polymer-based materials with innate fascinating properties and applications: they are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb large amounts of water or aqueous fluids and are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and soft. The incorporation of functionalities to develop smart and bioactive platforms has led to a myriad of applications. This book offers a comprehensive overview of multifunctional hydrogels, covering fundamentals, properties, and advanced applications in a progressive way. While each chapter can be read stand-alone, together they clearly describe the fundamental concepts of design, synthesis, and fabrication, as well as properties and performances of smart multifunctional hydrogels and their advanced applications in the biomedical, environmental, and robotics fields.
This book:
• Introduces readers to different hydrogel materials and the polymer types used to fabricate them.
• Discusses conducting polymer hydrogels, nanocomposite hydrogels, and self-healing hydrogels.
• Covers synthesis methodologies and fabrication techniques commonly used to confer certain structures and/or architectures.
• Shows how hydrogels can be modified to incorporate new functionalities able to respond to physical and/or chemical changes.
• Examines applications including bioelectronics, sensors and biosensors, tissue engineering, drug delivery, antipathogen applications, cancer theranostics, environmental applications, and soft robotics, with chapters showcasing the main advances achieved up to date in every field.
Multifunctional Hydrogels: From Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications serves as a valuable resource for academic and industry researchers from interdisciplinary fields including materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, physics, and pharmaceutical engineering.
Preface
Editor Biographies
List of Contributors
1. Multifunctional Hydrogels: An Introduction
Felipe M. de Souza and Ram K. Gupta
2. Hydrogels Based on Natural and/or Synthetic Polymers
Felipe López-Saucedo, Guadalupe Gabriel Flores-Rojas, Ricardo Vera-Graziano, Lorena Garcia-Uriostegui, Eduardo Mendizabal, Leticia Buendía-González, and Emilio Bucio
3. Nanocomposite Hydrogels
Garima, Abhay Sachdev, Mansi Vij, and Ishita Matai
4. Synthesis of Hydrogels: Physical and Chemical Cross-Linking
Heidi Yánez-Vega, Karen Yánez-Vega, and Moises Bustamante-Torres
5. Fabrication Techniques of Hydrogels
Estefani Chichande-Proaño and Moises Bustamante-Torres
6. Hydrogel-Based Sensors with Advanced Properties
David Romero-Fierro, Lorena Duarte-Peña, Y. Aylin Esquivel-Lozano, and Emilio Bucio
7. Chemical-Responsive Reversible Hydrogels
Vijay Kumar Pal and Sangita Roy
8. Hydrogels with Electrical Properties
José García-Torres and Carlos Alemán
9. Hydrogels with Magnetic Properties
Nuraina Anisa Dahlan, Brianna, Fatimah Ibrahim, and Sin-Yeang Teow
10. Hydrogels with Thermal Responsiveness
Mirian A. González-Ayón, Yadira D. Cerda-Sumbarda, Arturo Zizumbo-López, and Angel Licea-Claverie
11. Mechanical Properties of Multifunctional Hydrogels
Serap Sezen, Çiğdem Bilici, Atefeh Zarepour, Arezoo Khosravi, Ali Zarrabi, and Ebrahim Mostafavi
12. Hydrogels for Bioelectronics
Bushara Fatma, Nicholas G. Hallfors, Nazmi B. Alsaafeen, and Charalampos Pitsalidis
13. Hydrogels for Physical and (Bio)Chemical Sensors
Mojdeh Mirshafiei, Saleheh Shahmoradi, Amin Janghorbani, Fatemeh Yazdian, Iman Zare, and Ebrahim Mostafavi
14. Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
A. C. Liaudat, Virginia Capella, Martin F. Broglia, Maria A. Molina, Cesar A. Barbero, Pablo Bosch, Nancy Rodríguez, and Claudia R. Rivarola
15. Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
Shuo Wang, Xiaobao Chen, Meng Meng, and Wei Wang
16. Hydrogels for Anti-Pathogen Applications
Yingnan Liu, Su Li, Guofang Zhang, Benjamin Punz, Martin Himly, and Yang Li
17. Hydrogels for Environmental Applications
Ashok Bora, Dimpee Sarmah, and Niranjan Karak
18. Hydrogels for Wastewater Cleaning and Water Recovery
Sofia Paulo-Mirasol, David Naranjo, Sonia Lanzalaco, Elaine Armelin, José García-Torres, and Juan Torras
19. Hydrogels for Soft Robotics
Akhiri Zannat, Zinnat Morsada, and Md. Milon Hossain
Index
Biography
José García-Torres is Serra Húnter Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
Carlos Alemán is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry and leader of the Innovation in Materials and Molecular Engineering group in the Chemical Engineering Department at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
Ram K. Gupta is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University.
