This chapter is focused on some of the most important polymers used for preparing hybrid materials applied in biomedicine. The work divided into two parts: Non-degradable implants and degradable employed to fabricate biomedical devices. Each part describes main characteristics these structures, followed by a list significant derivatives. brief introduction could be useful industry, students, or...

A method developed in the 1980s for the conversion of linear rheological data to molar mass distribution is revisited in the context of degradable polymers. The method is first applied using linear rheology for a linear polystyrene, for which all conversion parameters are known. A proof of principle is then carried out on four polycarbonate grades. Finally, preliminary results are shown on degr...

In the last 50 years, plastics has become a favorite industry for packaging materials their ease of manufacture and excellent performance. The advancement food, electronics, automobile, medical agricultural industries increased demand casing made large hydrocarbon polymers. Since show resistance to biodegradation, they pose considerable threats environment. Degradable biopolymers offer promisin...

Novel Pickering emulsions were stabilized by complex interfaces in the presence of zein colloidal particles (ZCPs), propylene glycol alginate (PGA), and rhamnolipid (Rha) for delivery ?-carotene. The influence particle-surfactant, particle-biopolymer, particle-biopolymer-surfactant mixed on physiochemical properties digestion fate was investigated. It is first time that three different types em...

Surfactant-based nanostructures are promising materials for designing novel colorimetric biosensors based on aggregation/disaggregation phenomena. In this work, a sensor the plasmonic shift of surfactant-capped gold nanoparticles via disaggregation mechanism was developed. To perform this, optimum SDS concentration firstly determined in order to form Au@16-s-16/SDS complex aggregates with well-...

Soil improvement using biopolymers has attracted considerable attention in recent years, with the aim to reduce harmful environmental effects of traditional materials, such as cement. This paper aims provide a review on assessment binders soil improvement, biopolymer-treated characteristics, well most important factors affecting behavior treated soil. In more detail, benefits and concerns about...

Dextrans modified with alkyne and azide groups through hydrolysable carbonate esters form degradable microcapsules after Cu(I) catalysed 'click' reaction between azides and alkynes yielding triazole cross-links.