Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: Polymers, Surfaces, Dendrimers, Nanoparticles, and Hydrogels

✍ Scribed by Ravin Narain

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book addresses the need for a comprehensive book on the design, synthesis, and characterization of synthetic carbohydrate-based polymeric materials along with their biological applications. The first two chapters cover the synthesis and self-assembly of glycopolymers and different techniques for creating these synthetic polymers. Subsequent chapters account for the preparation of block copolymers, branched glycopolymers, glycosurfaces, glycodendrimers, cationic glycopolymers, bioconjugates, glyconanoparticles and hydrogels. While these chapters comprehensively review the synthetic and characterization methods of those carbohydrate-based materials, their biological applications are discussed in detail.

✦ Table of Contents

ENGINEERED CARBOHYDRATE-BASED MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
1 SYNTHESIS OF GLYCOPOLYMERS......Page 15
2 BLOCK GLYCOPOLYMERS AND THEIR SELF-ASSEMBLY PROPERTIES......Page 133
3 CATIONIC GLYCOPOLYMERS......Page 157
4 GLYCOPOLYMER BIOCONJUGATES......Page 181
5 GLYCOPOLYMER-FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES......Page 203
6 GLYCONANOPARTICLES: NEW NANOMATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 227
7 GLYCODENDRIMERS AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 275
8 GLYCOSURFACES......Page 321
9 CARBOHYDRATE-DERIVED HYDROGELS AND MICROGELS......Page 351
10 MODIFIED NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDES AS NANOPARTICULATE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES......Page 369
INDEX......Page 411
Color Plate......Page 419