Polymer Hydrogels and Intelligent Devices
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 534
Special Issue Editor
Interests: super tough hydrogels; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; polymer blends; plastics recycling and value-added reuse
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Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogels are soft and wet materials, which are three-dimensional networks composed of water and cross-linked polymers. Owing to similarities to natural tissues and good biocompatibility, hydrogels have been widely explored as materials in drug delivery, cell encapsulation, tissue engineering, sensing, etc. Nevertheless, most existing intelligent hydrogels suffer from poor mechanical properties, which are easily damaged under applied force and cannot withstand large deformation, severely impeding their practical applications. The section, entitled “Polymer hydrogels and intelligent devices”, aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of polymer hydrogels, including the synthesis, toughening, functionalization, and application of hydrogels. Its main scope includes, but is not limited to, the following aspects:
- Synthesis and characterization of polymer hydrogels;
- Super tough and highly stretchable hydrogels;
- Self-healing polymer hydrogels;
- Biomedical hydrogels;
- Responsive hydrogels;
- Flexible and conductive hydrogels as wearable electronic devices;
- Application of polymer hydrogels.
Prof. Dr. Xuming Xie
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer hydrogels
- super tough
- responsiveness
- conductive
- intelligent devices
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