The Applications of Hydrogels

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Series
: Chemistry Research and Applications
BISAC: SCI013060
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/ACTC8043

The present book summarizes the basic and fundamental aspects of hydrogel use in different industries, such as biotechnological, pharmaceutical, pollutant removal, circular economy, and food applications, among others. This book provides a useful resource for professionals and researchers actively involved in the development of synthetic and natural hydrogels, as well as postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows in materials sciences. The book is divided into six chapters contributed by experts in their research fields in order to provide a clear overview of each topic that describes “The application of hydrogels.”

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Post-synthesis Modification of Polymers for the Development of Functional Dynamic Covalent Hydrogels
(Alexis Wolfel, Marcelo R. Romero and Cecilia I. Alvarez Igarzabal – Laboratorio de Materiales Poliméricos (LaMaP), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Procesos y Química Aplicada (IPQA-Conicet), Córdoba, Argentina)

Chapter 2. Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Applications in Diverse Fields
(María Emilia Villanueva, Emiliano Camilli, Gonzalo Galaburri, Gabriel Ibrahin Tovar, Jonas Pérez Bravo and Guillermo Javier Copello – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, et al.)

Chapter 3. Conventional and Innovative Food Applications of Alginate-Based Hydrogels
(Mario Daniel Ninago and Olivia Valeria López – Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Facultad de Ciencias Aplicadas a la Industria (FCAI-UNCUYO), San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, et al.)

Chapter 4. Hydrogels Based on 2-Hydroxyethyl Acrylate and Itaconic Acid as Controlled Drug Release Systems
(Simonida Lj. Tomić, Marija M. Babić and Jovana S. Vuković – Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Chapter 5. Alginate Loaded Montmorillonite Beads: Adsorption of Cationic Pollutants
(Mariana Etcheverry, Marina Dominguez and Graciela Zanini – INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) – CONICET)

Chapter 6. Environmental Application of Alginate Hydrogel Composites: Impact on Heavy Metals and Pharmaceutical Pollutants Removal
(María Malvina Soledad Lencina and María Fernanda Horst – Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) of Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

Index


Editor’s ORCID iD

Mario Daniel Ninagohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-7486
Olivia Valeria Lópezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-1396
María Fernanda Horst – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1826-9740

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