Preface |
Introduction / Erik Geissler |
The Gel State |
Kinetics of the N-Isopropylacrylamide Gel-Volume Phase Transition in the Presence of Free Polymer Chains / Marianne E. Harmon ; Curtis W. Frank1.: |
Transient Network of Random Copolymers of Sodium 2-(Acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonate and Associative Macromonomers / Yotaro Morishima ; Tetsuya Noda ; Akihito Hashidzume2.: |
Network Inhomogeneities in Polymer Gels / Wilhelm Oppermann ; Brigitte Lindemann ; Bettina Vogerl3.: |
Thermoreversible and Irreversible Physical Gels from Biopolymers / Simon B. Ross-Murphy4.: |
Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Gel: Structural Characteristics and Formation Mechanism / Hiroshi Urakawa ; Yoshiaki Yuguchi ; Yuko Ikeda ; Kanji Kajiwara ; Yoshitaka Hirata ; Shinzo Kohjiya5.: |
Novel Gels |
Synthesis and Characterization of pH-Responsive Poly(organophosphazene) Hydrogels / Harry R. Allcock ; Archel Ambrosio6.: |
Chitin and Chitosan in Gel Network Systems / Waldo Arguelles-Monal ; Francisco M. Goycoolea ; Jaime Lizardi ; Carlos Peniche ; Inocencio Higuera-Ciapara7.: |
The Behavior of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers in Water and Their Association Behavior / Dirk van Eck ; Siegfried Horing ; Karsten Busse ; Jorg Kressler8.: |
Phase Transitions in Interpolymer Complexes of Some Linear and Cross-Linked Polymers / L. A. Bimendina ; G. T. Zhumadilova ; S. E. Kudaibergenov9.: |
Structure of Polyampholyte Gels and Their Behavior with Respect to Applied External DC Electric Field / V. B. Sigitov ; A. G. Didukh ; S. B. Moldakarimov10.: |
Hydrogel Polymers from Alkylthio Acrylates for Biomedical Applications / Ravi Mukkamala ; Aaron M. Kushner ; Carolyn R. Bertozzi11.: |
Stimuli-Responsive Gels Based on Ring-Opened Polyferrocenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Studies of Swellable, Thermally Cross-Linked Polyferrocenylsilanes / Kevin Kulbaba ; Mark J. MacLachlan ; Christopher E. B. Evans ; Ian Manners12.: |
Rheology and Gel Interactions |
Hydrocarbon Gels: Rheological Investigation of Structure / Nov Markovic ; Naba K. Dutta ; David R. G. Williams ; Jani Matisons13.: |
Rheology of Epoxy-Amine Systems Near the Gel Point / Jean Pascal Eloundou ; Jean Francois Gerard ; Jean Pierre Pascault14.: |
Amphiphilic Hydrogels with Highly Ordered Hydrophobic Dendritic Domains / Ivan Gitsov ; Thomas Lys ; Chao Zhu15.: |
The Effect of Hydrophobicity on the Viscoelastic Creep Characteristics of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Acrylate Hydrogels / N. Ravi ; A. Mitra ; L. Zhang ; P. Kannan ; B. A. Szabo16.: |
Gel Network Development in AB, ABA, and AB/ABA Block Copolymer Solutions in a Selective Solvent / Elizabeth A. Wilder ; Scott A. White ; Steven D. Smith ; Richard J. Spontak17.: |
Photoresponsive Thickening in Polyamphiphile-Based Physical Gels: The Examples of Micelle, Protein, and Cyclodextrin Cross-Linkers / G. Pouliquen ; I. Porcar ; C. Tribet ; C. Amiel18.: |
Gels in Medicine and Biology |
Amphiphilic Gels with Controlled Mesh Dimensions for Insulin Delivery / J. P. Kennedy ; G. Fenyvesi ; S. Na ; B. Keszler ; K. S. Rosenthal19.: |
Controlled Drug Delivery from Injectable Biodegradable Triblock Copolymer / Young Jin Kim ; Sung Wan Kim20.: |
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Copolymers: Hydrogel Formation via Photocrosslinking / Dirk Kuckling ; Hans-Jurgen P. Adler ; Karl-Friedrich Arndt21.: |
Various Interactions of Drugs with Cross-Linked Hyaluronate Gel / Chikako Yomota ; Satoshi Okada22.: |
Indexes |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Introduction / Erik Geissler |
The Gel State |
Kinetics of the N-Isopropylacrylamide Gel-Volume Phase Transition in the Presence of Free Polymer Chains / Marianne E. Harmon ; Curtis W. Frank1.: |
Transient Network of Random Copolymers of Sodium 2-(Acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonate and Associative Macromonomers / Yotaro Morishima ; Tetsuya Noda ; Akihito Hashidzume2.: |
Network Inhomogeneities in Polymer Gels / Wilhelm Oppermann ; Brigitte Lindemann ; Bettina Vogerl3.: |