Overview
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Charles G. Gebelein
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Youngstown State University, Youngstown, USA
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Charles E. Carraher
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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Van R. Foster
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DAP, Inc., Dayton, USA
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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- Charles G. Gebelein, Charles E. Carraher Jr., Van R. Foster
Pages 1-15
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- David A. Kurtz, Kevin Hassett
Pages 17-43
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- Shigehiro Hirano, Masahiko Hayashi, Kakuko Murae, Hisaya Tsuchida, Takeshi Nishida
Pages 45-59
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- Laura J. DiBenedetto, J. A. Cameron, Samuel J. Huang
Pages 61-74
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- Paul Y. Wang, Evelyn Kothe
Pages 75-84
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- C. G. Pitt, Z.-W. Gu, J.-H. Zhu, Y. T. Bao
Pages 85-90
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- R. L. Gettings, W. C. White
Pages 91-95
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- B. Jansen, G. Peters, S. Schareina, H. Steinhauser, F. Schumacher-Perdreau, G. Pulverer
Pages 97-113
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- Charles E. Carraher Jr., Rickey E. Strothers
Pages 139-150
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- Charles G. Gebelein, Mark Chapman, Tahseen Mirza
Pages 151-163
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- Kei Matsuzaki, Iwao Yamamoto, Koji Enomoto, Yutaro Kaneko, Tohru Mimura, Tsuyoshi Shiio
Pages 165-174
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- Charles E. Carraher Jr., Cynthia Butler, Yoshinobu Naoshima, Van R. Foster, David Giron, Philip D. Mykytiuk
Pages 175-183
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- Yoshiaki Inaki, Suguru Nagae, Takashi Miyamoto, Yoshihiko Sugiura, Kiichi Takemoto
Pages 185-204
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- Hilton B. Levy, Christopher Bever Jr.
Pages 205-221
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- Mary Trombley, Nancy J. Biegley, Charles E. Carraher Jr., David J. Giron
Pages 223-238
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- Alok Singh, Bruce P. Gaber
Pages 239-249
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About this book
The biological and biomedical applications of polymeric materials have increased greatly in the past few years. This book will detail some, but not all, of these recent developments. There would not be enough space in this book to cover, even lightly, all of the major advances that have occurred. Some earlier books and summaries are available by two of this book's Editors (Gebelein & Carraher) and these should be consul ted for additional information. The books are: "Bioactive Polymeric Systems" (Plenum, 1985); "Polymeric Materials In Medication" (Plenum, 1985); "Biological Acti vi ties of Polymers" (American Chemical Society, 1982). Of these three, "Bioacti ve Polymeric Systems" should be the most useful to a person who is new to this field because it only contains review articles written at an introductory level. The present book primarily consists of recent research results and applications, with only a few review or summary articles. Bioactive polymeric materials have existed from the creation of life itself. Many firmly believe that life could not even exist unless poly meric materials are used to form the basic building blocks. Although this assumption can not be rigorously proven, it is a fact that most, if not all, of the major biochemical pathways involve polymeric species, such as the proteins (including enzymes), polysaccharides and nucleic acids.
Editors and Affiliations
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Youngstown State University, Youngstown, USA
Charles G. Gebelein
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Charles E. Carraher
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DAP, Inc., Dayton, USA
Van R. Foster