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Physical Gels from Biological and Synthetic Polymers
Provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on state-of-the-art physical gels, highlighting recent developments and practical applications.
Madeleine Djabourov (Author), Katsuyoshi Nishinari (Author), Simon B. Ross-Murphy (Author)
9780521769648, Cambridge University Press
Hardback, published 16 May 2013
365 pages, 170 b/w illus. 7 tables
25.3 x 17.7 x 2 cm, 0.88 kg
Presenting a unique perspective on state-of-the-art physical gels, this interdisciplinary guide provides a complete, critical analysis of the field and highlights recent developments. It shows the interconnections between the key aspects of gels, from molecules and structure through to rheological and functional properties, with each chapter focusing on a different class of gel. There is also a final chapter covering innovative systems and applications, providing the information needed to understand current and future practical applications of gels in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, cosmetic, chemical and food industries. Many research teams are involved in the field of gels, including theoreticians, experimentalists and chemical engineers, but this interdisciplinary book collates and rationalises the many different points of view to provide a clear understanding of these complex systems for researchers and graduate students.
1. Introduction
2. Techniques for the characterisation of physical gels
3. The sol-gel transition
4. General properties of polymer networks
5. Ionic gels
6. Hydrophobically associated networks
7. Helical structures from neutral biopolymers
8. Gelation through phase transformation in synthetic and natural polymers
9. Colloidal gels from proteins and peptides
10. Mixed gels
11. Innovative systems and applications.
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Polymer chemistry [PNNP], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Biomedical engineering [MQW]