Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers

Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers is a source manual for synthetic procedures, properties and applications of bioerodible polymers. The authors profile polyactides, collagen and gelatin, as well as the genetically-engineered and elastin-based polymers now emerging. They first addresses synthetic absorbable polymers, then natural, semi-synthetic and biosynthetic polymers. The last section details the surface characterization of degradable polymers, the modeling of biodegradation and non-medical polymers. This book is ideal for researchers, chemists, pharmacists and physicians who deal with biopolymers, drug delivery and targeting, bioengineering and implantable devices.

List of contents

Polyglycolide and Polylactide. Poly (p-dioxanone) and its Copolymers. Polycaprolactone. Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Poly (propylene fumarate). Poly (ortho esters). Other Polyesters. Polyanhydrides. Biodegradable Polyphosphazenes for Biomedical Applications. Poly (alklcyanoacrylates). Degradable Hydrogels. The Poloxamers: Their Chemistry and Medical Applications. Degradable Polymers Derived from the Amino Acid L-tyrosine. Natural Modified Polysaccharides. Oxidized Cellulose: Chemistry, Processing and Medical Applications. Gelatin. Collagen: Characterization, Processing and Medical Applications. Fibrinogen and Fibrin: Characterization, Processing and Medical Applications. Transductional Elastic and Plastic Protein-based Polymers as Potential Medical Devices. Genetically Engineered Protein Polymers. Surface Characterization of Bioerodible Polymers Using XPS, SIMS and AFM. Mechanisms of Polymer Degradation and Elimination. Non-medical Biodegradable Polymers: Environmentally Degradable Polymers.

About the author

Abraham J. Domb, Joseph Kost, David M. Wiseman

Product details

• Authors: Abraham J. (The Hebrew University of Jerusal Domb, Abraham J. Kost Domb
• Assisted by: Abraham J Domb (Editor), Abraham J. Domb (Editor), Domb Abraham J. (Editor), Joseph Kost (Editor), Kost Joseph (Editor), David Wiseman (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367400644
• ISBN: 978-0-367-40064-4
• No. of pages: 548
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers, biochemistry, Plastics & polymers technology, Plastics and polymers