Description
Sustainable Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties and Applications highlights the development of sustainable hydrogels from various perspectives and covers a range of topics, including the development and utilization of abundant and/or inexpensive biorenewable monomers to create hydrogels; the mimicry of variable properties inherent to successful commercial hydrogels; and the creation of bio-based hydrogels that are functional equivalents of fossil fuel-derived hydrogels with respect to their properties, yet are capable of benign degradation over much shorter timescales. Some of the challenges facing sustainable polymer chemistry are also discussed.- Shifts the focus from theory to practice and demonstrates how the cradle-to-cradle approach support sustainability- Includes discussion of life cycle assessments in the production and use of hydrogels- Presents various materials for the production of hydrogels
Table of Contents
1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics2. Sustainable production of hydrogels3. Characterization tools and techniques for sustainable hydrogels4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels9. Lignin-derived hydrogels10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels11. Carbon-based hydrogels12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of the art16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects
