Polysaccharide Based Graft Copolymers
By: edited by Susheel Kalia, M.W. Sabaa
Contributors: Sabaa, M.W.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9783642365669
Subjects: Polymers; Carbohydrates; Pharmaceutical technology; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Carbohydrate Chemistry; Biomedical materials; Chemistry; Polymer Sciences
Description: Renowned experts give all essential aspects of the techniques and applications of graft copolymers based on polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are the most abundant natural organic materials and polysaccharide based graft copolymers are of great importance and widely used in various fields. Natural polysaccharides have recently received more attention due to their advantages over synthetic polymers by being non-toxic, biodegradable and available at low cost. Modification of polysaccharides through graft copolymerization improves the properties of polysaccharides. Grafting is known to improve the characteristic properties of the backbones. Such properties include water repellency, thermal stability, flame resistance, dye-ability and resistance towards acid-base attack and abrasion. Polysaccharides and their graft copolymers find extensive applications in diversified fields. Applications of modified polysaccharides include drug delivery devices, controlled release of fungicides, selective water absorption from oil-water emulsions, purification of water etc.
Table of contents: title: From the contents: Polymer Grafting: A Versatile Means to Modify the Polysaccharides; title: Cellulose graft copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Starch-g-copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Chitosan-g-copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Gum-g-copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Dextran-g-copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Polysaccharide hydrogels: synthesis, characterization and applications; title: Hyaluronic acid-g-copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications; title: Polysaccharide based graft copolymers for biomedical applications.