Soft Functional Materials
From Formation Mechanisms to Micro-Nano Scale Architectures
By Jing Liang Li, Xiang Yang Liu
To Be Published January 2nd 2014 by CRC Press – 248 pages
Description
Covering all aspects of soft functional materials, from fundamentals to engineering and applications, this comprehensive text outlines a step-by-step approach to refining the function and performance of small-molecule physical gels by tuning the network structure of the materials. Combining materials formation, engineering principles and approaches, and product design, it addresses a broad range of applications, including drug delivery, home and personal care, catalysis, and tissue engineering. A full-color insert illustrates key ideas and facilitates a complete understanding of the concepts.
Contents
Classification of the network structures of supramolecular soft functional materials.
Thermodynamics and kinetics of fiber network formation
Solubility: the role of solvent in fiber formation
The network formation mechanism
Micro/nanoscale engineering criteria and strategies for fiber and domain networks
Thermodynamic approach
Additive-mediated nudeation and fiber branching
Ultrasound-stimulated gelation
Photo switch able gelation
Phase selective gelation
Volume effect
Applications
Drug delivery
Tissue engineering
Templating the fabrication of nanostructures
Nanocaging for controlling nanopartide formation
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Name: Soft Functional Materials: From Formation Mechanisms to Micro-Nano Scale Architectures (Hardback) – CRC Press
Description: By Jing Liang Li, Xiang Yang Liu. Covering all aspects of soft functional materials, from fundamentals to engineering and applications, this comprehensive text outlines a step-by-step approach to refining the function and performance of small-molecule physical gels by tuning the network...
Categories: Materials Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Polymer Science