Gels Handbook: Fundamentals, Properties, Applications (In 3 Volumes)

Volume 1:Introduction To Hydrogels; Types and Chemistry of Natural Hydrogels; Types and Chemistry of Synthetic Hydrogels; Modeling of Hydrogel Behavior; Controlling Shape and Size of Hydrogel; Hydrogel Mechanics; Controlling Architecture and Shape of Hydrogels; Controlling Architecture and Shape of Hydrogels; Modifying Hydrogel Adhesiveness; Acrylate Based Hydrogels; Self-Assembling Hydrogels; Environment Responsive Hydrogels

Volume 2:Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine (Nesrin Hasirc, Cemile Kilic, Aylin Komez, Gokhan Bahcecioglu and Vasif Hasirci); Determining Stem Cell Fate With Hydrogels (Aylin Acun, Andreana Panzo and Pinar Zorlutuna); Applications of Hydrogels in 3D Functional Tissue Models (Tamer Cirak, Tayfun Vural, Doga Kavaz and Emir Baki Denkbas); Engineering Regenerative Dextran Hydrogels for Acute Skin Wound Healing (Jie Cheng, Ying Jin, David M Owens, Jeremy J Mao and Guoming Sun); Application of Hydrogels in Ocular Tissue Engineering (Vipuil Kishore, Yunus Alapan, Ranjani Iyer, Ryan Mclay and Umut A Gurkan); Hydrogels in Bone Tissue Engineering: A Multi-Parametric Approach (Silvia M Mihaila, Rui L Reis, Alexandra P Marques and Manuela E Gomes); Hydrogels in Intervertebral Disk Repair (Cem Bayram, Murat Demirbilek and Emir Baki Denkbas); Hydrogels in Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Antonella Motta, Mariangela Fedel, Claudio Migliaresi); Application of Hydrogels for Tendon and Ligament Repair and Tissue Engineering (Matteo Stoppato, Friedrich von Flotow and Catherine K Kuo); Hydrogels in Bone Tissue Engineering (Minh Khanh Nguyen, Julia E Samorezov and Eben Alsberg); Hydrogels in Cardiac Tissue Engienering (Shauna M Dorsey and Jason A Burdick); Application of Hydrogels in Heart Valve Tissue Engineering (Jesper Hjortnaes and Frederick J Schoen); Hydrogels in Vascular Tissue Engineering (Blinder Yj, Mooney Dj and Levenberg S); Use of Hydrogels in the Engineering of Lung Tissue (Joaquin Cortiella, Jean A Niles, Stephanie P Vega, Lissenya Argueta, Adriene Eastaway and Joan E Nichols); Hydrogels for Hepatic Tissue Engineering (Kerim B Kaylan and Gregory H Underhill); Agarose Hydrogel Beads for Treating Diabetes (Nguyen Minh Luan, Yuji Teramura and Hiroo Iwata); Hydrogels in Urogenital Applications (James Turner and Jiro Nagatomi)

Volume 3: Application of Hydrogels in Drug Delivery and Biosensing:Modeling Drug Release from Synthetic Hydrogels; Natural Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels for Controlled Localized Drug Delivery; Design of Polymeric Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications; In Situ Crosslinked Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Supramolecular Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Biohybrid Hydrogels as Environment-Sensitive Materials for Systematic Delivery of Therapeutics; Application of Peg in Drug Delivery System; Hydrogels as Actuators for Biological Applications; Advances in Smart Hydrogels for Biosensing Applications; 3-D Cancer Models on Hydrogels; Hydrogels for Patterning Biomolecular Arrays; Protein-Immobilized Hydrogel Microstructures for Optical Biosensing; Cell-Encapsulating Hydrogels for Biosensing;