PREFACE ....................................................... vii
CONTRIBUTORS ................................................... XI
1 SYNTHESIS OF GLYCOPOLYMERS ................................... 1
Samuel Pearson, Gaojian Chen, and Martina H. Stenzel
2 BLOCK GLYCOPOLYMERS AND THEIR SELF-ASSEMBLY PROPERTIES ..... 119
Qian Yang
3 CATIONIC GLYCOPOLYMERS ..................................... 143
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain
4 GLYCOPOLYMER BIOCONJUGATES ................................. 167
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain
5 GLYCOPOLYMER-FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES ............... 189
Marya Ahmed and Ravin Narain
6 GLYCONANOPARTICLES: NEW NANOMATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL
APPLICATIONS ............................................... 213
Isabel García, Juan Gallo, Marco Marradi, and Soledad
Penadés
7 GLYCODENDRIMERS AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS .......... 261
Elizabeth R. Gillies
8 GLYCOSURFACES .............................................. 307
Anca Mateescu and Maria Vamvakaki
9 CARBOHYDRATE-DERIVED HYDROGELS AND MICROGELS ............... 337
Mitsuhiro Ebara
10 MODIFIED NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDES AS NANOPARTICULATE DRUG
DELIVERY DEVICES ........................................... 355
Archana Bhaw-Luximon
INDEX ......................................................... 397
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