Smart polymers (SP) have become one important class of polymers and their applications
have been increasing significantly. Last two to three decades have witnessed explosive …

The first book to tackle the application of smart polymers in bioseparation and
bioprocessing, Smart Polymers: Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine broke new …

Nanoscale materials have been gaining increasing interest in the area of environmental
remediation because of their unique physical, chemical and biological properties. One …

Stimuli-responsive polymers possess the unique property of responding to changes in their
microenvironment. Use of thermo-responsive polymers for fabrication of a variety of …

The copolymer of N‐isopropylacrylamide and 3‐(acrylamido) phenylboronic acid (82: 18,
\overlineM_\rmn= 47 000 g· mol− 1) was prepared by free radical polymerization. The …

The feature of elastin‐like proteins (ELPs) to reversibly precipitate above their transition
temperature was exploited as a general method for the purification of histidine (His)‐tagged …

It is difficult for most inorganic chemists to be aware of the availability of the many new
techniques, described largely in analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and …

Recently, a new class of copolymers, so‐called protein‐like copolymers has been predicted
theoretically by computer simulation. In these copolymers, the conformation of the copolymer …

Precipitation of proteins from biological fluid, eg, the precipitation of casein from milk by
dilute acid, is known since old times. For some time, precipitation was the only practical way …

Interpolyelectrolyte complexes of lysozyme with thermosensitive N‐isopropylacrylamide–
sodium sulfonated styrene copolymers of different charge density were investigated by high …