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About this book
The studies on Biohydrogels have had a rapid, exponential evolution in the last
decades. Starting from one of the first applications of hydrogels in surgery,
polyvinylalcohol crosslinked with formaldehyde under the trade name of Ivalon, we
passed through PolyHema hydrogels as contact lens materials, hydrophilic
polyurethanes (HPU), biodegradable hydrogels for both reconstructive surgery and
pharmaceutical delivery systems, and finally more recently, one decade old, the
thermoreversible and transient network hydrogels. Of course all these classes of
hydrogels have been always and continuosly studied, improving their performance and
field of applications. Recently, most of them have been used as scaffolds for cells,
even stem ones, for regenerative applications (tissue engineering). Nevertheless
hydrogels are odd materials and many studies still have to be carried out to fully
understand their behaviour from mechanical, physicochemical and biological point of
view.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hydrogels
Book Subtitle: Biological Properties and Applications
Authors: Rolando Barbucci
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1104-5
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Milan 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-1103-8Published: 29 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5611-4Published: 03 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-1104-5Published: 23 July 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 197
Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Biochemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Biomaterials