Gels and other soft amorphous solids
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Gels and other soft amorphous solids
（ACS symposium series, 1296）
American Chemical Society, c2018
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Description
Gels are ubiquitous both in materials science and biology. Interest in the behavior of this class of soft materials has increased significantly in the last decades as new experimental approaches have been developed to synthesize and characterize gels, and as theoretical and computational methods have advanced to model the structure and properties of these complex materials. For example, molecular simulation is now an essential tool to investigate gels and other types
of soft matter where experimental measurements are not possible. The growth of this field to include applications in biology and medicine as also provided much impetus to gels research. The goal of this volume is to discuss recent progress in gel science. The chapters cover a wide variety of topics
from polymer chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering, reflecting the interdisciplinary character of this field. A knowledge of the physical and chemical behavior of gels is essential for understanding, designing, and controlling material properties and performance. Gels can be synthesized with either flexible or stiff chains, linear or branched, and their length can also be tailored, etc. The network chains can be bonded to each other by chemical crosslinks or physical bonds
involving van der Waals interactions, dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen or ionic bonds, or pi-pi or pi-charge interactions. In addition to traditional polymer gels, this volume also focuses on low molecular mass organic gelators, relatively new, but rapidly growing, research direction in gel science.
Special attention is devoted to the diverse applications of gels; using hydrogels for cleaning the painted surface of artwork (conservation of cultural heritage such as paintings and sculptures), developing advanced drug delivery systems, investigating the mechanism of setting of cement and hardening of concrete, etc.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Polymer Gels: Basics, Challenges, and Perspectives
2. Competitive Solvation Effects in Polyelectrolyte Solutions
3. Computationally Driven Design of Soft Materials with Tissue-like Mechanical Properties
4. Probe Diffusion Dynamic Light Scattering of Polymer solutions and Gels
5. Nanostructure Evolution of Biomimetic Hydrogel from Silk Fibroin and Poly(N-Vinylcaprolactam): A Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study
6. Model Polymer Thin Films To Measure Structure and Dynamics of Confined, Swollen Networks
7. Effect of Solvent Quality and Monomer Water Solubility on Soft Nanoparticle Morphology
8. The Design and Applications of Beta-Hairpin Peptide Hydrogels
9. Self-Assembly and Mechanical Properties of a Triblock Copolymer Gel in a Mid-block Selective Solvent
10. Mechanics of Disordered Fiber Networks
11. Elastic Relaxation and Response to Deformation of Soft Gels
12. Structure-Property Comparison and Self-Assembly Studies of Molecular Gels Derived from (R)-12-Hydroxystearic Acid Derivatives as Low Molecular Mass Gelators
13. The Importance of Phase Behavior in Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Crystalline Small Molecule/Polymer Gels
14. A Nanoindentation Approach To Assess the Mechanical Properties of Heterogeneous Biological Tissues with Poorly Defined Surface Characteristics
15. Gels for the Cleaning of Works of Art
16. Polymeric Nanoparticles Explored for Drug-Delivery Applications
17. Using Polymer Science To Improve Concrete: Superabsorbent Polymer Hydrogels in Highly Alkaline Environments
18. Heterogeneity in Cement Hydrates
Editors' Biographies
Author Index
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