ISBN13: | 9781032862453 |
ISBN10: | 1032862459 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 146 pages |
Size: | 216x138 mm |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 47 Illustrations, black & white; 29 Halftones, black & white; 18 Line drawings, black & white |
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Solvent-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers for Biomedical Applications
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This book explains the intricacies of one-way shape memory polymers (SMPs), with a particular emphasis on solvent responsive SMPs focussing on fundamental pathways and key principles crucial to the development of these materials. It explains how solvent responsive SMPs addresses challenges and advancements within the biomedical industry.
This book explains the intricacies of one-way shape memory polymers (SMPs), with a particular emphasis on solvent-responsive SMPs focusing on fundamental pathways and key principles crucial to the development of these materials. The subsequent section homes in on the specific realm of solvent-responsive SMPs, highlighting the potential advantages these polymers offer and critical evaluation of existing shortcomings and research gaps. It further explains how solvent-responsive SMPs aim to address challenges and advancements within the biomedical industry.
Features:
- Delve into the latest developments and research findings on solvent-responsive shape memory polymers.
- Explore practical and real-world applications of solvent-responsive shape memory polymers in the biomedical domain.
- Provide an understanding of these polymers from molecular to macroscopic levels.
- Explore the underlying physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics that govern the mechanism of solvent-driven shape change in these polymers.
- Review innovations in the design of solvent-responsive shape memory polymers and their applications across a variety of industrial fields.
- Examine how solvent-responsive shape memory polymers can be integrated and applied across different scientific disciplines.
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in polymer engineering, materials science, and bioengineering.
1. Introduction to Shape Memory Polymers: Evolution, Growth, and Market Size. 2. General Pathway for Designing (one-way) Shape Memory Polymers. 3. Why are Solvent Responsive Shape Memory Polymers gaining interest in the 21st century? 4. Effect of Solvent Diffusion on the Shape Memory Process and Shape Memory Efficacy of a solvent-excited shape memory polymer. 5. Effects of Solvent on Thermomechanical Properties of solvent responsive shape memory polymer. 6. Emerging Applications of solvent Responsive Shape Memory Polymers in biomedical applications. 7. Exploring the Structure-property relationships of solvent-responsive SMPs 8. Conclusions and Future Outlook.