Polymeric Materials: Surfaces, Interfaces and Bioapplications

• Main Authors: Arrieta, Marina P, Muñoz-Bonilla, Alexandra, Sonseca, Agueda, Echeverría, Coro, Fernández-García, Marta
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene); alginate modification; antibacterial; antifouling coatings; antimicrobial; antimicrobial coatings; antimicrobial polymer; Artificial muscle; bio-based; bio-based polymers; bioapplications; biodegradable; biodegradable polymers; Bioelectric effect; biofouling; blends; blends and (nano)composites; bonding agents; Book Industry Communication; breath figures; calcium chloride; caries inhibition; chitosan; coatings; composite films; composites; conformational entropy; corn stalk fiber; degenerative disc disease; degradation; Drug delivery; eco-friendly; Electrical stimulation; Electrically conductive polymers; Electroactive biomaterials; food packaging; fossil; friction and wear; friction composite; gradient wrinkles; graphene oxide; hemicelluloses; herniated disc; honeycomb; hybrids; hydrogel; inmiscibility; intervertebral disc; irradiance; micro- and nanopatterned films; microparticles; multidimensional scale analysis; nanosecond laser surface modification; natural biofilms; oral biofilms; oxygen barrier property; packaging; periodontal pathogens; poly(x-chlorostyrene); polydimethylsiloxane; polymer cross-linking; polymeric composites; polypropylene; porous surfaces; prolonged drug release; protein-repellent polymer; Q1-390; QC1-999; recycling; Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects; Research & information: general; scaffolds; single-stranded conformation polymorphism; Smart composites; spinal anatomy; spinal fusion; spray drying; stimuli-responsive materials/smart surfaces; superhydrophilic; superhydrophobic; surface modification/functionalization; surface segregation; surface wettability; surface-attached polymer network; sustainable; tissue engineering; total disc replacement; UV/ozone; worn surface morphology
• ISBN: 3038979635; 9783038979623; 9783038979630; 3038979627
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03897-963-0

This book collects the articles published in the Special Issue “Polymeric Materials: Surfaces, Interfaces and Bioapplications”. It shows the advances in polymeric materials, which have tremendous applications in agricultural films, food packaging, dental restoration, antimicrobial systems, and tissue engineering. These polymeric materials are presented as films, coatings, particles, fibers, hydrogels, or networks. The potential to modify and modulate their surfaces or their content by different techniques, such as click chemistry, ozonation, breath figures, wrinkle formation, or electrospray, are also explained, taking into account the relationship between the structure and properties in the final application. Moreover, new trends in the development of such materials are presented, using more environmental friendly and safe methods, which, at the same time, have a high impact on our society.