Nevin Cankaya

Usak University Turkey

She is associated with Usak University since 2011. She received her PhD, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees from Fırat University, Turkey. She is an expert in polymer composite science, working with bio-nanocomposites, polymeric materials, and polymer-clay composites. She has published over 20 scientific articles, over 30 conference papers, a book chapter entitled “Cellulose Grafting by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Method,” Cellulose - Fundamental Aspects and Current Trends, another book edited by InTech Publication. Also, she has been a manager and researcher in many research projects. The editor is married and is a mother of two.

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The purpose of this book is to help you concentrate on recent developments in polymerization. The chapters collected in the book are contributions by invited researchers with a long-standing experience in different research areas. I hope that the material presented here is understandable to a broad audience, not only chemists but also scientists from various disciplines. The book contains nine chapters in three sections: (1) "General Information about Polymerization," (2) "Biomaterial Content Polymer Composites," and (3) "Mechanical Properties of Polymerization." The book provides detailed and current reviews in these different areas written by experts in their respective fields. This book is expected to be useful for polymer workers and other scientists alike and contribute to the training of current and future researchers, academics, PhD degree students, as well as other scientists.

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Cellulose Grafting by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Method

By Nevin Çankaya

Increased public awareness on environmental issues, fluctuations in raw material prices, and global difficulties in raw material supplies have made it necessary to find new, sustainable, environment-friendly, and inexpensive natural polymer sources. Cellulose and its derivatives, at this point, have become an important research matter once again, because of its easy accessibility, abundance, price, minimal effect on the environment, and new properties discovered with the help of technology.

Part of the book: Cellulose

Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites for Biological Applications

By Serap Yalcin and Nevin Cankaya

Chitosan is an important natural cationic polymer. Chitosan is produced as a deacetylated form of chitin, and its excellent biocompatible, biodegradable, nontoxic, natural chemical, and thermal stability properties have led to its common use in especially biomedical applications. The combination of nanomaterials and chitosan has been considered an excellent approach to overcoming the handicaps associated with biopolymer. The chitosan-based nanocomposites are potentially efficient in a number of areas including medical fields. Chitosan is biodegradable, biocompatible, basic, nontoxic, and also approved by GRAS (Generally recognized as safe by the United States Food and Drug Administration [US FDA]). Chitosan-based nanocomposites have different applications in drug delivery including ocular, per-oral, pulmonary, nasal mucosal, gene, buccal drug, vaccine, vaginal, and cancer therapy. Chitosan has low toxicity in both in vitro and in vivo models. In this chapter, we discussed the preparation techniques and various forms of chitosan materials in biomedical applications. In addition, this chapter explores recent research on chitosan-based nanocomposites for medical studies.

Part of the book: Nanoclay

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Polymerization

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Elastomers

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