Conducting Polymers: Chemistries, Properties and Biomedical Applications

✍ Scribed by Ram K. Gupta

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 359
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Conducting polymers are versatile materials that possess both the unique properties of polymeric materials (elastic behavior, reversible deformation, flexibility, etc.) and the ability to conduct electricity with bulk conductivities comparable to those of metals and semiconductors. Conducting Polymers: Chemistries, Properties and Biomedical Applications provides current, state-of-the-art knowledge of conducting polymers and their composites for biomedical applications.

This book covers the fundamentals of conducting polymers, strategies to modify the structure of conducting polymers to make them biocompatible, and their applications in various biomedical areas such as drug/gene delivery, tissue engineering, antimicrobial activities, biosensors, etc.

FEATURES

Covers the state-of-the-art progress on biodegradable conducting polymers for biomedical applications
Presents synthesis, characterization, and applications of conducting polymers for various biomedical research
Provides the fundamentals of biodegradation mechanisms and the role of conduction in biomedical devices
Offers details of novel methods and advanced technologies used in biomedical applications using conducting polymers
Highlights new directions for scientists, researchers, and students to better understand the chemistry, technologies, and applications of conducting polymers
This book is essential reading for all academic and industrial researchers working in the fields of materials science, polymers, nanotechnology, and biomedical technology.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Editor
Contributors
Chapter 1: Conducting Polymers: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Conducting Polymers: Fundamentals to Biomedical Applications
Chapter 3: Conducting Polymers: Fundamentals, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Chapter 4: Chemistries and Biodegradability of Conducting Polymers
Chapter 5: Strategies to Synthesize Biodegradable Conducting Polymers
Chapter 6: Biodegradable Polymers: Synthesis to Advanced Biomedical Applications
Chapter 7: Hybrid Conductive Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Multifunctionality
Chapter 8: Electrically Conductive Polymers and Composites for Biomedical Applications
Chapter 9: Conducting Polymers for Gene Delivery
Chapter 10: Conducting Polymers for Regenerative Medicine
Chapter 11: Conducting Polymers as Efficient Materials for Tissue Engineering
Chapter 12: Conducting Polymer-Based Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Chapter 13: Conducting Polymers for Neural Tissue Engineering
Chapter 14: Conducting Polymers for Ophthalmic Applications
Chapter 15: Conducting Polymers for Biomedical Imaging
Chapter 16: Conducting Polymer-Based Micro-Containers for Biomedical Applications
Chapter 17: Antimicrobial Activities of Conducting Polymers and Their Derivatives
Chapter 18: Biodegradable Electronic Devices
Chapter 19: Microfluidic Devices with Integrated Conductive Polymeric Electrodes for Biosensing Applications
Chapter 20: Advantages and Challenges of Biodegradable Electronic Devices
Chapter 21: Conducting Polymers: An Efficient Way to Deal with Medical and Industrial Fouling
Chapter 22: Antifouling Properties and Biomedical Applications of Conducting Polymers
Index