Book Chapters


  1. Hart, D. S.; D’Souza, A. J. M.; Middaugh, C. R.; Gehrke, S. H. Gelation and Phase Equilibria of Reponsive Elastin-Mimetic Triblock Hydrogels. In Advances in Bionanotechnology; Peppas, N. A., Hilt, J. Z., Eds.; AIChE: New York, NY, 2005; pp 44–48. 
  2. Hart, D. S.; D’Souza, A. J. M.; Middaugh, C. R.; Gehrke, S. H. Thermally Gelling, Thermally Responsive Elastin-Mimetic Triblock Hydrogels. In Advances in Biomaterials, Bionanotechnology, Biomimetic Systems and Tissue Engineering; Peppas, N. A., Anseth, K., Dillow, A. K., Schmidt, C. E., Eds.; AIChE: New York, NY, 2004; pp 211–214. 
  3. Kato, N.; Gehrke, S. H. Rate-Limiting Steps In The Volume Change Kinetics Of Fast Responsive Microporous Gels. In Reflexive polymers and hydrogels: Understanding and designing fast-responsive polymeric systems; Park, K., Mrsny, R., Eds.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2004; pp 189–215. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  4. Gehrke, S. H.; Oliveira, E. D.; Hagan, S. A. Influence of Microstructure on the Permeability and Modulus of Responsive Biopolymer Gels. In Advances in Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems; Hsuie, G. H., Okano, T., Kim, U. Y., Sung, H. W., Yui, N., Park, K. D., Eds.; Princeton International Publishing Co: Taipei, TW, 2003; pp 517–526. (Invited)
  5. Gehrke, S. H. Synthesis and Properties of Hydrogels for Used for Drug Delivery. In Transport Processes in Pharmaceutical Sciences; Amidon, G. L., Lee, P. I., Topp, E. M., Eds.; Marcel Dekker: New York, 2000; pp 473–546. 
  6. Gehrke, S. H.; Harsh, D. C. Environmentally Responsive Gels. In Concise Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia; Salamone, J. C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1999; pp 428–430. (Invited)
  7. Gehrke, S. H.; Fisher, J. P.; McBride, J. F.; O’Connor, S. M.; Zhu, H. Gel Coated Catheters as Drug Delivery Systems. In In Intelligent Materials & Novel Concepts for Controlled Release; Dinh, S., DeNuzzio, J., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series; Washington, D.C., 1999; Vol. 728, pp 43–53. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  8. Gehrke, S. H.; Harsh, D. C. Environmentally Responsive Gels. In Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia; Salamone, J. C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1996; Vol. 3, pp 2093–2102. (Invited)
  9. Kabra, B.; Gehrke, S. H. Rate Limiting Steps for Solvent Sorption and Desorption by Microporous Stimuli-Sensitive Absorbent Gels. In Superabsorbent Polymers: Science and Technology; Buchholz, F. L., Peppas, N. A., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 573; Washington, D.C., 1994; pp 76–87. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  10. Gehrke, S. H. Synthesis, Equilibrium Swelling, Kinetics, Permeability and Applications of Environmentally Responsive Gels. In Responsive Gels: Volume Transitions II; Dusek, K., Ed.; Advances in Polymer Science Series 110; Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, 1993; Vol. 110, pp 81–144. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  11. Harsh, D. C.; Gehrke, S. H. Modeling Swelling Behavior of Cellulose Ether Hydrogels. In Polymeric Delivery Systems; El-Nokaly, M., Piatt, D., Charpentier, B., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 520; American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C, 1993; Vol. 520, pp 105–134. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  12. Gehrke, S. H.; Agrawal, G.; Yang, M.-C. Moving Ion Exchange Fronts in Polyelectrolyte Gels. In Polyelectrolyte Gels; Harland, R. S., Prud’homme, R. K., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 480; ACS Symposium: Washington, D.C., 1992; Vol. 480, pp 211–237. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)
  13. Gehrke, S. H.; Lee, P. I. Hydrogels for Drug Delivery. In Specialized Drug Delivery Systems, Manufacturing and Production Technology; Tyle, P., Ed.; Marcel Dekker: New York, 1990; pp 333–392. (Invited)
  14. Harsh, D. C.; Gehrke, S. H. Characterization of Ionic Water Absorbent Polymers: Determination of Ionic Content and Effective Crosslink Density. In Absorbent Polymer Technology; Brannon-Peppas, L., Ed.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1990; pp 103–124. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)