Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Microgels: What Are They?
(Hemant K. S. Yadav, Ghattas Saad Abu Dawoud, and Rayisa Beevi, Department of Pharmaceutics, RAK College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, UAE)
Chapter 2. Types and Properties of Microgels: An Overview
(Guoan Wang, Guoxing Deng, and Wing-Fu Lai, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Centre, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, and others)
Chapter 3. Technologies for Polymer Characterization and Microgel Development
(Xiaoxin Cai, Liyin Liang, and Wing-Fu Lai, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Centre, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, and others)
Chapter 4. Applications of Microgels: An Overview
(Hemant K. S. Yadav, Ghattas Saad Abu Dawoud, and Rayisa Beevi, Department of Pharmaceutics, RAK College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, UAE)
Chapter 5. Stimuli-Responsive Microgels: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
(Manu Sharma, Ankita Gautam, Namita Gupta, and Ranju Soni, Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India)
Chapter 6. Noncovalent Cross-linking Microgels and Manipulation of Microgel Properties
(Tingting Zheng, Yu Shi, Huanhuan Feng, Yuhuan Liu, Jiao Peng, Haitao Xiao, Ran Zhang, Xing Ma, Hanqing Liu, Bingxuan Xu, Haiqin Xie, Guanghui Cui, Zhenghua Gong, Azhen Hu, Ziqian Zhou, Xiaohe Bai, Li Liu, Yun Chen, Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen-PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China, and others)
Chapter 7. Phenol Formaldehyde-Based Aerogels
(P. K. Sandhya, M. S. Sreekala, and Sabu Thomas, State School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and others)
Chapter 8. Fabrication of Microgel Particles with a Microfluidic Approach
(Chang Nong Lim, Jit Kai Chin, Chemical with Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Selangor)
Chapter 9. Engineering the Microstructure of Microgels Using Electrospray
(Xuanqin Peng, Wing-Fu Lai, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, and others)
Chapter 10. Hydrogels and Metallo-Hydrogels: Characterization, and Their Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications
(Viviana Campo Dall’Orto, Yamila Garro-Linck, Ayelén Florencia Crespi, Guillermo Copello, Juan Manuel Lázaro-Martínez, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 11. Emerging Applications of Stimuli-Responsive Microgels in the Water Treatment Process
(Yusak Hartanto, Bo Jin, Xiaolin Cui, and Sheng Dai, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia, and others)
Chapter 12. Chemical Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Micro/nanogels
(Ran Zhang, Tingting Zheng, Xifeng Lu, Huiliang Wang, Junwei Wu, Hongjun Ji, Jiaheng Zhang, Weiwei Zhao, Mingyu Li, Xing Ma, and Huanhuan Feng, Materials Science and Engineering School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China, and others)
Chapter 13. Application-Driven Microgel Engineering for Drug Delivery
(Chengshen Hu, Changshun Ruan, Center for Human Tissues and Organs Degeneration, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, and others)
Index
Additional Information
Keywords: Microgel, polymer, materials engineering, hydrogel, drug delivery, water treatment, microfabrication, nanotechnology
This book will appeal to scientists, clinicians, as well as the general audience who is working or interested in the field of materials engineering. In addition, this book can also be useful to advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students training in nanotechnology; researchers in chemistry, biology, and medicine, especially those with an interest in drug delivery; graduate students of chemistry, materials science, and engineering; researchers in nanoscience; engineers in nanotechnology
