Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogels
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2024 | Viewed by 5316
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogel rheology; thin polymer films; microcontact printing; functional polymers; smart polymer coatings; protein adsorption; cell adhesion; biomechanics of cells; rheology of cells and tissues; bacterial adhesion
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Interests: synthesis, structure and mechanical properties of hydrogels; polymer nanofibers; electrospinning; cell-scaffolds interaction; conductive polymers; tissue engineering; biomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Materials (IF: 3.748) is dedicated to recent advances in hydrogel-based materials synthesis and characterization. Natural and synthetic hydrogel-based materials are widely used for biomedical applications such as regenerative medicine, drug delivery, drug screening, tissue engineering, and biosensors. They also contribute to non-medical areas like sensing, anti-marine-creature fouling, energy storage, and water technology. The diversity of their applications still inspires research on the engineering of novel hydrogel materials today. New methods for the synthesis of hydrogels are highly desirable. These promising materials must be well-characterized concerning physical (mechanics, rheology, swelling, transparency, diffusion) and chemical (pH- or temperature-induced degradation, toxicity, crosslinking).
The topics of interest for this Special Issue on the Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogels
include, but are not limited to:
- Hydrogels for tissue engineering;
- Hydrogels for cancer therapy;
- Hydrogel drug release mechanisms;
- Hydrogels for 3D bioprinting;
- Smart hydrogels;
- Hybrid hydrogels synthesis;
- Hydrogels rheology;
- Hydrogels modifications and properties;
- Mathematical modeling of hydrogels;
- Diffusion in hydrogels;
- Degradable hydrogels;
- Swelling of hydrogels.
Considering your distinguished contribution to this substantial research field, we cordially invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue. Full research papers, communications, and review articles are welcome.
Dr. Joanna Zemla
Dr. Sara Metwally
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- 3D bioprinting
- rheology
- smart hydrogels
- hydrogels modeling
- drug carriers
Planned Papers
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Title: Designing hierarchically crosslinked hydrogels by integrating functionalized mesoporous silicas with alginate matrices
Authors: Oliwia Kapusta, Anna Michalicha, Dorota Gugała-Fekner, Piotr Borowski, Mariusz Barczak
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