Sustainable Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties and Applications highlights the development of sustainable hydrogels from various perspectives and covers a range of topics, including the development and utilization of abundant and/or inexpensive biorenewable monomers to create hydrogels; the mimicry of variable properties inherent to successful commercial hydrogels; and the creation of bio-based hydrogels that are functional equivalents of fossil fuel-derived hydrogels with respect to their properties, yet are capable of benign degradation over much shorter timescales. Some of the challenges facing sustainable polymer chemistry are also discussed.
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Table of Contents
1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics
2. Sustainable production of hydrogels
3. Characterization tools and techniques for sustainable hydrogels
4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels
5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy
6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels
7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels
8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels
9. Lignin-derived hydrogels
10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels
11. Carbon-based hydrogels
12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels
13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems
14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification
15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of the art
16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy
17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides
18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects
Authors
Sabu Thomas Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India; Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Center of Excellence in Polymeric Materials for Medical Practice Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas is a globally renowned scientist and one of the leading researchers in polymer science and nanotechnology. He currently serves as Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering and was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on polymer blends, nanocomposites, green materials, and sustainable polymers. Bhasha Sharma Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, India. Dr. Bhasha Sharma is a visiting faculty member at University of Delhi, India. She holds a BSc in Polymer Sciences (2011) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry (2019) from University of Delhi. Dr. Sharma's research focuses on sustainable polymer innovations for packaging, eco-friendly plastic degradation, bio nanocomposite fabrication, and enhancing the electrochemical properties of biopolymers. Notably, she was honored with research awards from Netaji Subhas University of Technology in both 2023 and 2024. Purnima Jain Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi, India. Dr. Purnima Jai is an Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry in Netaji Subhas University of Technology. She is the founder of laboratory "Advance Centre for Polymer Science in Department of Chemistry in NSUT. She has completed her M. Tech and Doctorate from Centre for Polymer Science & Technology, IIT Delhi. Besides teaching chemistry her general research interests are development and characterization of blends, alloys and nanocomposites of polymers. Shashank Shekhar Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi, India. Shashank ShekharAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi, India
Dr. Shashank Shekhar is currently an Assistant Professor at Netaji Subhas University of Technology and is also associated with the Quantum Research Centre of Excellence as Associate Director in the Department of Renewable Energy. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Delhi. Dr. Shekhar has been working on biopolymers and Schiff base metal complexes for the last 5 years and has published articles in reputed international journals.
