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  title info:
    title: Smart polymers and their applications
  name:
    name part: Aguilar, Maria Rosa
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Roman, J. S.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: Cambridge]
    publisher: Woodhead Publishing
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This technical resource reviews the different types of smart polymers, discussing their properties, structures, designs, and characterizations, and reviews applications of smart polymers in such areas as biomedical engineering, textiles, and food packaging. The book is of interest for chemists, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, and other professionals in the polymer industry; manufacturers in such sectors as medical, automotive, and aerospace engineering; and academic researchers in polymer science. --
  table of contents: Front Cover; Smart Polymers and their Applications; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; 1Introduction to smart polymers and their applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Types of smart polymer; 1.3 Applications of smart polymers; 1.4 Conclusion; 1.5 Acknowledgments; 1.6 References; Part I Types of smart polymer; 2Temperature-responsive polymers: properties, synthesis and applications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic principles of temperature-responsive polymers in aqueous solution; 2.3 Key types of temperature-responsive polymers in aqueous solution.
  table of contents: 2.4 Selected applications of thermoresponsive polymers2.5 Conclusion; 2.6 Future trends; 2.7 References; 3Ph-responsive polymers: properties, synthesis and applications; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Key types and properties of pH-responsive polymers; 3.3 Synthesis of pH-responsive polymers; 3.4 Different methodologies for the preparation of pH-responsive polymers; 3.5 Different architectures of pH-responsive polymers; 3.6 Applications; 3.7 Conclusion; 3.8 Future trends; 3.9 References; 3.10 Appendix: abbreviations; 4Photo-responsive polymers: properties, synthesis and applications; 4.1 Introduction.
  table of contents: 4.2 Chromophores and their light-induced molecular response4.3 Key types and properties of photo-responsive polymers; 4.4 Applications; 4.5 Conclusions and future trends; 4.6 References; 5Magnetically responsive polymer gels and elastomers: properties, synthesis and applications; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preparation of magnetically responsive polymer gels and elastomeric materials; 5.3 Magnetic properties of filler-loaded polymers; 5.4 Elastic behaviour of magnetic gels and elastomers; 5.5 Kinetics of shape change; 5.6 The swelling equilibrium under a uniform magnetic field.
  table of contents: 5.7 Polymer gels in a non-uniform electric or magnetic field5.8 Future trends; 5.9 Acknowledgements; 5.10 References; 6Enzyme-responsive polymers: properties, synthesis and applications; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Enzyme-responsive materials: rationale, definition and history; 6.3 Key types and properties of enzyme-responsive polymers; 6.4 Preparation of enzyme-responsive polymers; 6.5 Characterisation of enzyme-responsive polymers; 6.6 Applications; 6.7 Conclusion; 6.8 Future trends; 6.9 References; 7Shape memory polymers: properties, synthesis and applications; 7.1 Introduction.
  table of contents: 7.2 Characterizing shape memory effects in polymeric materials7.3 Classifying shape memory polymers: classification by polymer structure; 7.4 Classifying shape memory polymers: classification by type of stimulus; 7.5 Main applications of smart polymers; 7.6 Conclusion; 7.7 References; 8Smart polymer hydrogels: properties, synthesis and applications; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Key types and properties of smart polymer hydrogels; 8.3 Applications of smart polymer hydrogels; 8.4 Conclusions and future trends; 8.5 References; 9Self-healing polymer systems: properties, synthesis and applications.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  note: English.
  subject:
    topic: Polymers
  subject:
    topic: Polymers
  subject:
    topic: Polymères
  subject:
    topic: polymers
  subject:
    topic: Polymers
  classification: TA455.P58
  classification: 620.1/92
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  record info:
    record content source: IDEBK
    record creation date: 140228
    record change date: 20260326200126.5
    record identifier: in00005753744
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng