Polymers against Microorganisms [E-Book] : On the Race to Efficient Antimicrobial Materials / by Juan Rodríguez-Hernández.
This book provides an introductory and general overview of advances in polymers towards their employment as antimicrobial materials. The author describes current approaches for avoiding microbial contamination, toward macro-molecular antibiotics, and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by us...
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Personal Name(s): | Rodríguez-Hernández, Juan, author |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 278 p. 93 illus., 63 illus. in color. online resource. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783319479613 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-47961-3 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Polymers Against Microorganisms
- Bacterial infections: few concepts
- Chemical approaches to prepare antimicrobial polymers
- Nano-micro polymeric structures with antimicrobial activity in solution
- Antimicrobial/antifouling surfaces obtained by surface modification
- Nano/microstructured Antibacterial Surfaces
- Antimicrobial fibers and fabrics obtained by electro/melt spinning
- Antimicrobial hydrogels
- Antibacterial polymeric membranes
- Environmental and safety issues
- Applications and current status of antimicrobial polymers.