RSC Books Blog

To help you keep up-to-date with key topics in nano, polymer and materials Science, we are delighted to announce the publication of the following RSC Books.

In the RSC Polymer Chemistry Series:

Healable Polymer Systems edited by Wayne Hayes and Barnaby Greenland, University of Reading, UK

With contributions from leading experts, the book provides a reference text on self-healing polymers from a chemist’s perspective.

In the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series:

Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites edited by Dimitrios Tasis, University of Patras, Greece

Summarizes the basic chemical aspects for obtaining multifunctional carbon nanotube-based polymer composites and highlights recent advances in the field.

Coming Soon: 

• Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizaion edited by Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Southern Methodist University, USA and Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA.
• Functional Polymers for Nanomedicine edited by Youqing Shen, Zhejiang University, China
• Smart Materials for Drug Delivery edited by Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo and Angel Concheiro, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook via the RSC Publishing Website.

If you have an idea for a book or would like more information about our materials titles please contact the Materials Books Commissioning Editor, Leanne Marle

The combination of graphene within polymer matrices produces a material with improved electrical, barrier and mechanical properties. This new book is the first, forward-thinking, publication of its kind to detail the various methodologies of graphene functionalization and subsequent generation of nanocomposites in a comprehensive way.

Covering the most recent developments in the generation of graphene nanocomposites synthesis it assimilates, in one place, all the necessary information required to provide the reader with in-depth insights into the various aspects of the subject. The concluding chapter provides a summary on the current status and future challenges associated with the subject.

Edited by Vikas Mittal, Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites is a comprehensive handbook providing essential, highly toical, methods and strategies to the researcher.

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Want to know more about different nanomaterials? Find out about our other titles in the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series.

The latest book to be published in the Issues in Toxicology series is Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans, edited by Kevin Woodward, this text provides the first definitive guide to discuss the adverse effects of veterinary medicinal products in humans.

Examining adverse drug effects reported to regulatory agencies, including the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine and the UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the chapters focus on occupational saftety and consumer issues, but also focus on circumstances in which exposure may occur and the background of adverse health effects from alternative sources in the veterinary and farming professions.

This professional reference text will provide an essential resource for medical practioners working in hospitals, poisons information centres, veterinarians, regulators and risk managers and those working in industry and academia.

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We are constantly taking in information, processing it, storing it and transferring it all because of our molecular systems. But it is only in recent years that the information-processing abilities of molecules have been explored.

Molecular Logic-based Computation looks at the way molecules can be used in computation by performing a logical operation based on one or more physical or chemical inputs and a single output.

This well-organised book starts by introducing the history and basic concepts of the subject followed by examples of different systems from single input–single output logic gates to more complex ones, as well as applications in sensing and medical diagnostics.

This book provides an authoritative guide for scientists, academics and postgraduate students.

Stands to reason you’ll want to read more – access the content now.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

Hydrogels can be found in everyday items such as contact lenses, shoe sole cushions, vitamin capsules and wound dressings. Their varied use means that this is still an intense area of research and a concise summary of polymeric and self assembled hydrogels is needed to assist researchers and progress the field.

The new book, Polymeric and Self Assembled Hydrogels, provides an essential overview of hydrogel research from basic fundamental research to applied and platform technologies, and commercially viable applications.

Experts in the field discuss the cutting-edge developments in the field of hydrogels including supramolecular approaches to the formation of hydrogels, ‘slide-ring’’ hydrogels based on cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, peptide hydrogels, thermogelling polymers and applications in chemo-sensing and biomedical fields.

Read the latest on hydrogel research – read the book today.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

Nuclear receptors are evolutionary conserved proteins and important targets for drug and food additives.  The first nuclear receptor structures were determined by X-ray diffraction in the 90’s, since then the number of known structures has increased dramatically.  The number of structures available, combined with numerous “omics” projects, has opened up great opportunities for the discovery of new targets, the characterization of abnormal protein patterns, the selection of “tailored” drugs and the evaluation of drug efficacy, even with a lack of structural data. 

Computational Approaches to Nuclear Receptors, recently published in the RSC Drug Discovery Series and edited by Pietro Cozzini and Glen E Kellogg, provides a comprehensive review of the current and on-going investigations into nuclear receptors.  With detailed discussion of all aspects of computational approaches including an introduction to the structure and function of nuclear receptors, how to use structural data as a platform for computational studies and details of utilising molecular dynamics techniques in understanding the movements of nuclear receptors in both high and low flexibility domains.

Each chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each of the different methods discussed, giving the reader a comprehensive and balanced view of the current investigations surrounding nuclear receptors.

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