Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

In-Situ Gelling Polymers

For Biomedical Applications

  • Book
  • © 2015

Overview

Editors:
  1. Xian Jun Loh

    1. Synthesis & Integration, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, Singapore

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • First book addressing the fundamental working principles of in-situ gelling polymers
  • Summarizes the latest trends and potential application of in-situ gelling polymers in biomedical engineering
  • Written by an expert in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Series in BioEngineering (SERBIOENG)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Xian Jun Loh
    Pages 1-4

  3. Introduction to In Situ Forming Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

    • Bogyu Choi, Xian Jun Loh, Aloysius Tan, Chun Keat Loh, Enyi Ye, Min Kyung Joo et al.
    Pages 5-35

  4. Biodegradable Thermogelling Poly(Organophosphazenes) and Their Potential Biomedical Applications

    • Xiao Liu
    Pages 37-67

  5. Designing Hydrogels by ATRP

    • Haifeng Gao, Nicky Chan, Jung Kwon Oh, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
    Pages 69-105

  6. Supramolecular Soft Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

    • Enyi Ye, Pei Lin Chee, Ankshita Prasad, Xiaotian Fang, Cally Owh, Valerie Jing Jing Yeo et al.
    Pages 107-125

  7. Peptidic Hydrogels

    • Jessie E. P. Sun, Darrin Pochan
    Pages 127-150

  8. Polymeric Supramolecular Hydrogels as Materials for Medicine

    • Sebastian Hackelbusch, Sebastian Seiffert
    Pages 151-185

  9. Hydrogels for Stem Cell Fate Control and Delivery in Regenerative Medicine

    • Wei Seong Toh, Yi-Chin Toh, Xian Jun Loh
    Pages 187-214

  10. From Bench to Bedside—An Example of an In Situ Hydrogel in In Vivo Applications

    • Ankshita Prasad, Xian Jun Loh
    Pages 215-226
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book presents the research involving in situ gelling polymers and can be used as a guidebook for academics, industrialists and postgraduates interested in this area. This work summaries the academic contributions from the top authorities in the field and explore the fundamental principles of in situ gelling polymeric networks, along with examples of their major applications. This book aims to provide an up-to-date resource of in situ gelling polymer research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Synthesis & Integration, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, Singapore

    Xian Jun Loh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In-Situ Gelling Polymers

  • Book Subtitle: For Biomedical Applications

  • Editors: Xian Jun Loh

  • Series Title: Series in BioEngineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-152-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-151-0Published: 14 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1344-7Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-152-7Published: 01 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2196-8861

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-887X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 226

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation