Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-47235-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Narain, Ravin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Medizinische Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Contributors xi

1 Synthesis of Glycopolymers 1
Samuel Pearson, Gaojian Chen, and Martina H. Stenzel

2 Block Glycopolymers and Their Self-assembly Properties 119
Qian Yang

3 Cationic Glycopolymers 143
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain

4 Glycopolymer Bioconjugates 167
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain

5 Glycopolymer-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes 189
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain

6 Glyconanoparticles: New Nanomaterials for Biological Applications 213
Isabel García, Juan Gallo, Marco Marradi, and Soledad Penadés

7 Glycodendrimers and Their Biological Applications 261
Elizabeth R. Gillies

8 Glycosurfaces 307
Anca Mateescu and Maria Vamvakaki

9 Carbohydrate-derived Hydrogels And Microgels 337
Mitsuhiro Ebara

10 Modified Natural Polysaccharides as Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Devices 355
Archana Bhaw-Luximon

Index 397

Über Autor(innen)

RAVIN NARAIN, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and an Associate Investigator of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science (AICCS) in Alberta, Canada. His research is focused on the development of new polymeric and nanomaterials for biomedical applications, and he has published more than forty-five peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Narain is also a reviewer for more than sixteen journals, including Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry (Wiley), Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biomacromolecules, Macromolecules, Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, Bioconjugate Chemistry, ACS Nano, Nanoletters, Nano Today, Chemical Communications, and Soft Matter.