Engineered Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone Products by Microwave Techniques: Processing, Characterization, and Applications
- 1st Edition - June 28, 2025
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- Authors: Pinki Pal, Gautam Sen, Jay Prakash Pandey
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Key features
Key features
- Explores the development of a variety of smart polymer derivatives with tailored properties
- Showcases the customization achieved through a simple, highly efficient, and cost-effective microwave radiation technique utilizing free radical polymerization reactions
- Features multiple applications of engineered polyvinyl pyrrolidone products across diverse fields
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Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Synthesis and characterization of graft copolymer
3. Application of graft copolymer in algal biomass harvesting
4. Application of graft copolymer in wastewater treatment
5. Application of graft copolymer as programmable water-soluble adhesive
6. Application of graft copolymer in wound healing (an ‘in vivo’ study)
7. Synthesis and characterization of crosslinked graft copolymer of PVP (hydrogel)
8. Application of crosslinked graft copolymer in metal ions removal
9. Synthesis and characterization of hydrolyzed graft copolymer
10. Application of hydrolyzed graft copolymer in destabilization of nanoparticle suspension
11. Conclusions and future directions
Product details
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- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 28, 2025
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Pinki Pal
Dr. Pinki Pal serves as a principal investigator at the Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, India, where she is engaged in a research project sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, under the Women Scientist Scheme (WOS). She specializes in the fields of material science and food technology, with a primary research focus on designing and developing engineered polymeric materials characterized by tailored architecture and customized properties. Her extensive body of work includes numerous research articles, patents, and contributions to book chapters. With a rich background spanning 10 years, Dr. Pal possesses experience in research, teaching, and industry.
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Gautam Sen
Dr. Gautam Sen is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, India, since 2009. Dr. Sen is recognized for being the first to pioneer the application of microwave energy in graft copolymerization of biopolymers for a wide range of applications, including acting as a matrix for controlled and targeted (colon-specific) drug release, bioadhesives, bacteriostasis, wound management, flocculants for water treatment and rheological applications, clarification of fruit juices, sugarcane juice, scaffolds for tissue engineering, and selective adsorbents for transition metal ions in environmental cleanup (grafted-cross linked grades of graft copolymers).
Dr. Sen is a prolific author and has taken the lead as the principal investigator in several research projects, accumulating a wealth of experience in research and teaching spanning approximately 15 years.
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