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For chemists and graduates in pulp and paper, food, biotechnology, polymers, and materials, reviews the recent advances in understanding the visoelastic qualities of solid and liquid biomaterials such as wood, gels and guns, and artificial skin and membranes. The 26 papers, from a symposium in Boston, April 1990, discuss structure-property relationships, biogels and gelation, and relaxation phenomena. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Reviews recent advances in the understanding of solid and liquid biomaterials and of viscoelastic solids and liquids. Includes discussions of the single material characteristic in biological materials of interest for structural uses (wood), and for nutritional uses (gels and gums) and medical purposes (artificial skins and membranes). Twenty-six chapters provide the reader with a perspective on the current state of knowledge of biomaterial science as it affects medical, nutritional, and structural fields of science.
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