Progress in Polymer Networks
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2024) | Viewed by 6583
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polysaccharide modification; bioactive polymers; biomaterials; hydrogels; interpenetrated networks; micro- and nanoparticles (spheres and capsules); hybrid and functionalized nanoparticles for drug targeting; drug delivery; polymer–drug conjugates
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Interests: polymers; hydrogels; biomaterials; tissue enginering; drug delivery systems; nanotechnologies
Interests: synthesis and characterization of polymers; controlled drug delivery; polymeric carriers; water remediation; flocculants and adsorbents; chitosan; stimuli-responsive polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue intends to collect reviews and articles on the aspects of the synthesis, characterization, and applications of crosslinked polymers, and achievements in the field. Polymeric networks can be obtained by either chemical crosslinking (when the crosslinks are formed by covalent chemical bonds) or physical gelation (when the crosslinks are formed by physical interaction).
The applications of polymer networks are extremely varied in different fields of technology, as well as in the field of biomedical or environmental protection, with these materials obviously contributing to the increase in the quality of our lives. This special issue deals with all branches of science, biology, medicine, and technology connected to emerging new research in the field of hydrogels, including but not limited to natural and synthetic chemical hydrogels, physical hydrogels, vitrigels, cryogels, hydrogel characterization techniques, interpenetrating and interconnecting networks with hydrogel characteristics, hydrogels as smart polymers and biomaterials, hydrophilic–hydrophobic interpenetrating polymer networks, homopolymers, copolymers and multipolymer hydrogels, nanogels, composite hydrogels, superadsorbent hydrogels, fast responsive hydrogels, smart hydrogels (stimuli responsive hydrogels), micro/nanoparticulate hydrogels, hydrogel films, hydrogel foams and sponges, biodegradation of hydrogels, hydrogels for drug delivery, enzymes immobilized on hydrogels, medical applications of hydrogels (e.g., medical technology, restorative medicine, diagnostic systems, cancer therapy, drug controlled release, gene vectors, biosensors, contact lenses, membranes, medical implants, and inserts), applications of hydrogels in veterinary medicine, cosmetics, tissue engineering, cell culture, biotechnology, environmental remediation, artificial muscles and organs, computational and theoretical aspects, molecular simulations of hydrogel structures, and much more.
The scope of the special issue covers but is not limited to the following topics:
- Covalent networks
- Ionic networks (ionic gelation)
- Double crosslinked networks
- Interpolymer complexes
- Interpenetration networks (IPN)
- Semi-interpenetrated networks (semi-IPN)
- Thermosetting polymers
- Elastomers
- Hydrogels—films, particles
- Applications of hydrogels in cosmetics
- Biomedical applications of hydrogels
- Hydrogels in tissue engineering
Prof. Dr. Marcel Popa
Prof. Dr. Liliana Verestiuc
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Antonio Picos Corrales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical crosslinking
- ionic gelation
- interpolymeric complexes
- interpenetrated networks
- semi-interpenetrated networks
- gels
- hydrogels
- hydrogel micro/nanoparticles
- hydrogel films
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