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dc.contributor.editorKalia, Susheel-
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T08:34:01Z-
dc.date.available2019-06-27T08:34:01Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-25322-0-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/74456-
dc.descriptionHydrogels are considered as the most promising types of polymers being used for mankind. Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb, swell, and retain large quantities of water or aqueous fluids. Natural polysaccharides are biodegradable, nontoxic, low cost, and renewable and can potentially be used as key ingredients for the production of biomaterials for mankind. Metal nanoparticles, nanofibrils, or nanowhiskers embedded polymeric hydrogels are a new class of materials and have attracted great attention due to their unique properties and applications in various fields including pharmaceutics and biomedicine. Conducting polymer hydrogels are materials with added advantages such as electrical conductivity. In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the modification of crosslinked hydrogels with conducting polymers since this offers a facile methodology to combine the superior properties of conducting polymers with the highly crosslinked hydrogels. Conducting polymeric hydrogels can be used in many applications like electro-sensors, capacitors to electromechanical actuators and artificial muscles. Antimicrobial polymeric hydrogels loaded with antibiotics, antimicrobial polymers, or metal nanoparticles are very useful for mankind. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels have found extensive application in various fields, including agriculture, wastewater treatment, electronics, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications.en
dc.languageenen
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing Switzerlanden_US
dc.subjectHydrogelsen_US
dc.titlePolymeric Hydrogels as Smart Biomaterialsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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