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[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Biodegradable materials : production, properties and applications / / Brandon M. Johnson and Zachary E. Berkel, editors"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2011"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-62100-165-2"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (251 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Materials science and technologies"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"620.1/1223"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Materials - Biodegradation"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Biodegradable products"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Intro -- BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS: PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS: PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1    TOWARDS PEDIATRIC URINARY BLADDER  TISSUE ENGINEERING -- NORMAL BLADDER ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY -- ETIOLOGY OF THE NEUROGENIC BLADDER -- CURRENT TREATMENT MODALITIES FOR THE NEUROGENIC BLADDER ARE INADEQUATE -- ADVANCES IN TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR BLADDER REGENERATION -- ALTERNATE CELL SOURCES FOR BLADDER  TISSUE ENGINEERING -- BONE MARROW MICROENVIRONMENT -- MSC MULTIPOTENTIALITY AND GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS -- THE USE OF MSCS AS A TOOL FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE -- BONE MARROW CELLS AND BLADDER REGENERATION -- ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS FOR VASCULAR GROWTH -- NEURAL PROGENITOR/STEM CELLS -- EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS -- INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS -- SCAFFOLD MATERIAL SELECTION:  BIOLOGICS VS. SYNTHETICS/POLYMERICS -- CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF GROWTH FACTORS FROM SCAFFOLDS ENHANCES TISSUE REGENERATION -- THE USE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH SELF-ASSEMBLING MATRICES PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD  OF GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY -- SELF-ASEMBLING NANOMOLECULES -- PA MOLECULES FOR TETHERED GROWTH  FACTOR DELIVERY -- DIFFERENTIATION OF NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH IKVAV PRESENTING NANOFIBERS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2    CHITOSAN FROM AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS AND MICROORGANISMS: PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF "]
[{"$nulls":4},"CHITIN AND CHITOSAN -- PRODUCTION OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN FROM AQUATIC CRUSTACEANS, INSECTS, MUSHROOMS AND FUNGI -- PRODUCTION OF LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT  CHITOSAN AND CHITO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES -- PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CHITOSANS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES -- INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN -- A-Z APPLICATIONS OF CHITOSANS -- NOMENCLATURE OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN -- CONCLUSION."]
[{"$nulls":4},"ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3    DEGRADATION PARAMETERS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES EVOLUTION -- RANGE OF PROPERTIES FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS -- INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTION PROCESS ON DEGRADATION -- EROSION PROCESS AND DEGRADATION -- Diffusion -- Hydrolysis -- Surface and Bulk Erosion -- Phenomenon of Hollow Formation -- DAMAGE EVOLUTION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS -- Hydrolytic Damage -- Creep and Fatigue Damage -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4    POLY LACTIC ACID:  AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LACTIC ACID AND ITS PRODUCTION -- PLA SYNTHESIS -- PROPERTIES OF PLA -- APPLICATIONS OF PLA -- PLA DEGRADATION -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5    BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS: A GREENER TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER PURIFICATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIODEGRADATION -- 3. BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS APPLIED  FOR WATER TREATMENT -- 3a) Lignocellulosics -- 3b) Compost and Peat for Water Treatment -- 3c) Activated Sludge for Water Treatment -- 3d) Biodegradable Polymers for Water Treatment -- 3e) Biodegradable Polymer Composites for Water Treatment -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6    FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF BIOPOLYMERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSIFICATION OF BIOPOLYMERS -- POLYSACCHARIDES -- Chitin -- CHITOSAN -- Functional Properties of Chitosan in Drug Delivery -- Swelling of Chitosan -- Bioadhesive Properties of Chitosan -- CELLULOSE -- Cellulose Modification -- Microcrystalline Cellulose -- Other Modifications -- Cellulose Esters -- Hemicellulose -- KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN -- GUAR GUM -- LOCUST BEAN GUM -- STARCH -- Modified Starch -- Acid-Modified Corn Starch -- Oxidized Corn Starch -- Dextrins -- PECTIN -- INULIN -- ALGINATES -- CARRAGEENANS -- ROSIN -- ACACIA GUM (GUM ARABIC) -- PSYLLIUM."]
[{"$nulls":4},"POLYSACCHARIDES FROM MICROORGANISMS -- GELLAN GUM -- XANTHAN GUM -- PEPTIDES /PROTEINS -- POLYNUCLEOTIDES -- GELATIN -- MUCIN -- APPLICATION OF BIOPOLYMERS IN DRUG DELIVERY -- Drug Delivery Systems -- Biopolymers in Immediate Release Dosage Forms -- Biopolymers in Modified Release Dosage Forms -- Modified Delivery System -- Delayed Release -- Sustained Release -- Site Specific Targeting -- Receptor Targeting -- Biopolymer-Based Drug Carriers Systems -- Peptide Carriers -- SOME PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF BIOPOLYMERS -- Particle Properties -- Swelling -- Bioadhesion -- Polymer Crystallinity -- ASSESSMENT OF POLYMER CRYSTALLINITY -- DSC Thermal Analysis -- X-Ray Diffraction -- Fourier-Transform Infrared (FT-IR) -- Raman Spectroscopy -- Future Perspectives -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7    BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGELS AS DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HYDROGELS -- MICROSPHERE TECHNOLOGY -- COMBINATIONS OF MICROSPHERES AND HYDROGELS -- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8    POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES: A NEW GENERATION OF "]
[{"$nulls":4},"BIOTECHNOLOGICALLY PRODUCED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY -- OCCURRENCE AND BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PHAS -- PHA SYNTHASES -- PHA Synthases in the Cell -- Structural Features of PHA Synthases -- Genetic Organisation of the PHA Biosynthetic Genes -- The Mechanism of Action of PHA Synthases -- PHA Synthases in Bacillus -- PHA PRODUCTION FROM MICROORGANISMS -- Effect of Carbon Sources on PHA Production -- Large-Scale Production of PHAs -- DETECTION, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF PHAS -- Traditional Methods -- GC and MS -- NMR -- HPLC -- BIODEGRADATION -- Biodegradation in the Environment -- Biodegradation in Living Systems -- APPLICATIONS -- Medical Applications."]
[{"$nulls":4},"Industrial Applications -- Agricultural Applications -- Nanocomposites -- Chiral Hydroxyalkanoates -- PHA Blends and Composites -- OTHER POSSIBLE ROUTES OF PRODUCTION OF PHAS -- Cyanobacteria -- PHA Production in Transgenic Plants -- Other Areas -- INDUSTRIALLY AVAILABLE PHAS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS -- NodaxTM -- DegraPol -- BIOPOL® -- ECONOMICS AND LEGAL ASPECTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Presents topical research in the study of biodegradable materials, including biodegradable materials used to develop an ecofriendly technology for water purification; chitosan from aquatic and terrestrial organisms and microorganisms; polylactic acid as a biodegradable plastic; biodegradable product design; and, biodegradable hydrogels."]