Smart Polymer Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 1381
Special Issue Editor
Interests: supramolecular hydrogels; biomaterials; peptide self-assembly; peptide crystallization; structure–property relationship; biomedical materials; optoelectronic devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive collection of works on recent advances and developments in smart polymer hydrogels applied to the biomedical and nanotechnological fields. The research topic covers all hydrogels, including polymer hydrogels, supramolecular gels, hybrid hydrogels, metallohydrogels, etc.
Stimulus-responsive polymer hydrogels have attracted considerable interest as promising smart materials due to their tremendous potential in biomedical and nanotechnological applications. They can respond to different chemical and physical external stimuli, including pH, temperature, light, enzyme activity, redox agents, the electric or magnetic field, and chemicals. Compared to single stimulus-responsive polymer hydrogels, multiple-responsive hydrogels exhibit higher flexibility and tunability to realize multiple functionality in a synergistic manner. The structural and phase transition of polymer hydrogels triggered by external stimuli offers enormous potential for drug delivery, tumor therapy, tissue engineering, and biodevices. Thus, in this Special Issue, we invite researchers working in hydrogel-related fields to contribute their current new work to this Special Issue on smart polymer hydrogels.
Prof. Dr. Wei Ji
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer hydrogels
- supramolecular hydrogels
- hydrogel preparation
- stimuli-responsive
- mechanical properties
- drug delivery
- tumor treatment
- tissue engineering
- biomedical applications
- optoelectronic devices
- nanotechnological applications
