Application and Development of Polymer Hydrogel
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 97
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stimuli-responsive polymers; hydrogels; wearables; health monitoring; colorimetric sensors; anti counterfeiting
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Dear Colleagues,
With the development of society, hydrogels have attracted wide attention from various industries due to their excellent hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and multifunctionality. Multifunctional hydrogels have superior properties (e.g., self-healing, high conductivity, self-adhesion, and excellent mechanical properties) and have been widely studied in multiple applications such as biomedical fields, drug delivery systems, flexible sensors, and tissue engineering. This Special Issue aims to collect papers related to the application and research of hydrogels. Reviews or articles on the application and characterization of polymer hydrogels and the development and research of polymer hydrogels are welcome. Scholars in related fields are welcome to actively contribute.
Dr. Fei Han
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogel
- polymer composites
- responsive polymer
- functional polymer
- hydrogel-based wearable sensor
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