Engineered carbohydrate-based materials for biomedical applications : polymers, surfaces, dendrimers, nanoparticles, and hydrogels / edited by Ravin Narain. [electronic resource] Narain, Ravin. edt Carbohydrates Biotechnology. Biopolymers physiology. Biocompatible Materials. Biomedical Engineering methods. Dendrimers. Hydrogels. Polysaccharides chemistry. TP248.65.P64 E54 2011eb 660.6 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. "This book addresses the need for a comprehensive book on the design, synthesis, and characterization of synthetic carbohydrate-based polymeric materials along with their biological applications. The first two chapters cover the synthesis and self-assembly of glycopolymers and different techniques for creating these synthetic polymers. Subsequent chapters account for the preparation of block copolymers, branched glycopolymers, glycosurfaces, glycodendrimers, cationic glycopolymers, bioconjugates, glyconanoparticles and hydrogels. While these chapters comprehensively review the synthetic and characterization methods of those carbohydrate-based materials, their biological applications are discussed in detail."--Provided by publisher. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011. ©2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119976530 eng Engineered carbohydrate-based materials for biomedical applications. Engineered carbohydrate-based materials for biomedical applications.