The over increasing demand of eco-friendly materials to counter various problems, such as
environmental issues, economics, sustainability, biodegradability, and biocompatibility …

Recently, there has been a great deal of research activity in the development of hydrogels
as controlled release devices. The present review provides a brief introduction to various …

This volume of the Handbook adds five new chapters to the science of rare earths. Two of
the chapters deal with intermetallic compounds. An overview of ternary systems containing …

An important application of starch grafted with copolymers from unsaturated organic acids is
the use as water absorbent. Although much research has been published in recent years …

The grafting of acrylic acid (AA) onto granular maize starch in aqueous medium initiated by
ceric ion has been studied gravimetrically under nitrogen atmosphere. The effect of …

Hydrogels are macromolecular networks that swell, but do not dissolve, in water. The ability
of hydrogels to absorb water arises from hydrophilic functional groups attached to the …

Research toward bio‐based and biodegradable polymers has received a lot of attention
these last years, due to environmental concerns and the need to replace fossil resources …

A graft copolymer is a polymer of molecules with one or more species of block connected to
the main chain as a side chain (s); these side chains have constitutional or configurational …

The agriculture sectors in many developing countries have been suffering from water
shortage and decreasing crop yields. Thus, an increasing interest has been emerged to …

The graft copolymerization of cassava starch with acrylic acid was investigated using a free
radical initiator system (Fe2+/H2O2 redox system) in water. A comprehensive understanding …