5 Books found
Smithers Books
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Advances in Nanofibre Research
Nanofibres are defined as fibres with diameters on the order of 100 nanometres. They can be produced by interfacial polymerisation and electrospinning. Nanofibres are included in garments, insulation and in energy storage. They are also used in medical applications, which include drug and gene delivery, artificial blood vessels, artificial organs and medical facemasks. This book presents some fascinating phenomena associated with the ...
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Polysaccharides in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Applications
This book presents new and specific aspects in the field of polysaccharides and their derivatives recommended for use in medicine and pharmacy. At the same time the aspects developed in this book will be useful to design new systems for drugs delivery, immunomodulation, and new materials based on polysaccharides isolated from different sources and their derivatives. The structure and properties of polysaccharides from different ...
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Silicone Elastomers 2011
Silicone elastomers have a unique combination of properties not found with organic elastomers, such as stability over a very wide temperature range, good electrical properties and environmental resistance, no smell or taste, high biocompatibility, low softness without plasticizers, and high colourability and transparency. Despite their relatively high cost, silicone elastomers are being increasingly used for applications where durability and ...
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Update on Undertaking Extractable and Leachable Testing
The assessment of all materials - and especially elastomeric and plastic components – for the presence of leachable and extractable components, forms an important part of the submission for approval of a new drug system or medical device. This Update gives a detailed, state-of-the-art review of the selection of techniques, available to the analyst, to perform a controlled extraction study for leachables and extractables, with an ...
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TPE 2009
TPE 2009, the twelfth conference in this series, once again proved to be the place for TPE raw material suppliers, converters, processors and end users to identify current and future need. With the end applications of TPEs so varied; dashboards, medical tubing, shoe soles, this conference gave a broad overview into the various subgroups of TPEs (TPO, TPU, TPV), additives, fillers, nano fillers and processing technologies making it the ...