Polymeric and self-assembled hydrogel research is a rapidly changing field
and this book is intended to serve as a guide through the latest work, offering
summaries of the current state-of-the-art cutting-edge research as well as
extensive references to the latest breakthroughs. Each chapter is an authoritative
treatise on its specific topic and can be read on its own. All the
authors invited to write the chapters in this book have many years of experience
in hydrogel research and their knowledge is succinctly condensed into
this volume. Readers can be expected to be taken through the entire spectrum
of hydrogel research as the book is structured into three major sections
covering basic fundamental research, applied and platform technologies, and
commercially viable applications.