Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels

Understanding and Designing Fast Responsive Polymeric Systems
Herausgeber: Yui, Nobuhiko; Park, Kinam; Mrsny, Randall J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

. Despite their capacity to carry out functions that previously were unobtainable, smart polymers and hydrogels tend to have painfully slow response times. On the other hand biological systems go through phase changes at an extremely fast rate. Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels examines the natural systems that respond almost instantaneously to environmental stimuli, and thus gives the reader an understanding of the mechanisms that govern these responses. The book includes chapters on approaches and procedures for designing a synthetic ...flash... system based on naturally occurring systems. It also deals with some of the promising potential applications of flash systems in industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780367578398
• ISBN-10: 0367578395
• Artikelnr.: 69894266

Autorenporträt

Yui, Nobuhiko; Mrsny, Randall J.; Park, Kinam

Inhaltsangabe

Examining several natural systems that respond rapidly to environmental
stimuli, this book provides an understanding of the mechanisms that govern
these responses. It considers limitations of reflexive systems, by
investigating model systems where selected interactions of specific
components are evaluated to determine theoretical limits of response rates
and cycle time. The text characterizes the status of artificially prepared
materials that could have both thermodynamic and kinetic response events
and explores potential future applications of such systems. It includes
chapters on how to design synthetic reflexive systems and discusses
potential applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical areas.