Advances of Hydrogel Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2022) | Viewed by 15319
Special Issue Editor
Interests: healthcare product development; AI; big data; hydrogel applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogels made of natural and synthetic polymers which are hydrophilic in nature are widely being used in biomedical areas, especially for drug delivery, wound dressing, and tissue engineering. In recent times, hydrogels are commercially being applied in soft contact lenses, diapers, electrospinning, biosensing, and bioprinting. The recent development of in situ hydrogels which are made up of thermoresponsive polymers give new dimensions to research in the area of drug delivery. The smart drug delivery systems made up of thermoresponsive hydrogels render control over the physicochemical properties and spatiotemporal control over the release of various drugs. The stimuli-responsive hydrogels which can modulate under the influence of external stimuli such as light, pH, and ultra-sound are finding applications in biomedical, food packaging, and water treatment.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Chi-leung Hui
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Hydrogel—biomedical applications
- Stimuli-responsive polymers—biomedical applications
- Thermo-responsive polymers—biomedical applications
- Hydrogel—drug delivery and tissue engineering
- Chitosan–hydrogel drug delivery
- Natural polymer-based thermoresponsive hydrogel drug delivery
- Poloxamer-based thermoresponsive hydrogel drug delivery
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