Hydrogel for Sustained Delivery of Therapeutic Agents (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1648
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical chemistry, physico-chemical characterization of materials; drug delivery; pharmaceuticals development; thermal analysis; kinetics; biopolymers, cyclodextrin inclusion complexes; hydrogels; biomaterials for biomedical applications; oxide materials design/synthesis and the thermoreactivity of precursor-oxide transformations; green chemistry; thermal properties; physicochemical characterization; nanomaterials for biomedicine; nanomaterials for energy applications; catalysis
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Interests: nutrition; food safety; food technology; biotechnology; pharmaceutical research and development; dosage form development; pharmaceutical analysis; clinical biochemistry
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Interests: gels; hydrogels; drug delivery; biomaterials; biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of gels; engineered gels for environmental applications; applications of gel-based materials and their composites in energy generation and storage; sensors; piezoelectric materials; nanomaterials for biomedical applications; regenerative medicine; green chemistry applications; green design in sustainable chemistry; biotechnology; green catalysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer hydrogels are attractive materials utilized for the controlled release of drugs and therapeutic agents due to their ability to embed biologically active agents in 3D-water-swollen networks. The latest advancements in natural biomaterials, polymer chemistry and the bioengineering domain have facilitated numerous developments in the field of hydrogels for the sustained delivery of therapeutic agents. In light of this, the current Special Issue is focused on the state of the art in the field of hydrogels, focusing on several exciting subjects, including cross-linking methods, stimuli-responsive hydrogels, multicomponent hydrogels, aerogels and the release of therapeutic agents from 3D-printed hydrogels. Therefore, the challenges that have been overcome due to advancements in the fields of biodegradable, biocompatible and temperature- and pH-stimuli-responsive hydrogels and interactions between hydrogels and therapeutic agents will also be highlighted.
This Special Issue will also focus on the physical, chemical, pharmacotechnical and biological characterization of polymer hydrogels using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), rheology and thermal analysis methods and their applications in regenerative medicine and pharmacy. The structure–property relationships of hydrogels are necessary to establish a correlation between the design and shape of a polymer hydrogel and the different drug delivery applications.
In this Special Issue, theoretical and experimental contributions in the forms of literature reviews, full-length original research articles and short communications are welcome.
We welcome and look forward to your submissions.
Dr. Adina Magdalena Musuc
Dr. Magdalena Mititelu
Dr. Mariana Chelu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- drug delivery
- therapeutic agents
- natural biopolymers
- aerogels
- polymer gels properties
- biomedical applications
- tissue engineering
- smart hydrogels
- stimuli-responsive gels
- biomaterials
- physical-chemical characterization
- 3D printing
- structure-property relationship
- regenerative medicine
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