Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

RAVIN NARAIN, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and an Associate Investigator of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science (AICCS) in Alberta, Canada. His research is focused on the development of new polymeric and nanomaterials for biomedical applications, and he has published more than forty-five peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Narain is also a reviewer for more than sixteen journals, including Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry (Wiley), Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biomacromolecules, Macromolecules, Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, Bioconjugate Chemistry, ACS Nano, Nanoletters, Nano Today, Chemical Communications, and Soft Matter.

• Preface viiContributors xi1 Synthesis of Glycopolymers 1Samuel Pearson, Gaojian Chen, and Martina H. Stenzel2 Block Glycopolymers and Their Self-assembly Properties 119Qian Yang3 Cationic Glycopolymers 143Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain4 Glycopolymer Bioconjugates 167Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain5 Glycopolymer-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes 189Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain6 Glyconanoparticles: New Nanomaterials for Biological Applications 213Isabel García, Juan Gallo, Marco Marradi, and Soledad Penadés7 Glycodendrimers and Their Biological Applications 261Elizabeth R. Gillies8 Glycosurfaces 307Anca Mateescu and Maria Vamvakaki9 Carbohydrate-derived Hydrogels And Microgels 337Mitsuhiro Ebara10 Modified Natural Polysaccharides as Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Devices 355Archana Bhaw-LuximonIndex 397