Functional Hydrogel with Excellent Mechanical Properties
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2022) | Viewed by 407
Special Issue Editor
2. The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510700, China
Interests: stimuli-responsive polymer; microgel and hydrogel; drug delivery; sensor and biosensor; smart materials; tough hydrogel; wastewater remediation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, hydrogel from functional polymer materials have gathered increasing interest because their chemical and physical properties may be tailored over a wide range of compositions. Hydrogels with excellent mechanical properties, such as high toughness, stretchability, and self-healing, have gained tremendous recognition because of their outstanding performance in tissue engineering, actuators, drug delivery, and electronic skin. Taking advantage of the unique properties of polymers, such as their low cost, easy processing, chemical versatility, and corrosion resistance, incorporating them into different functional materials, mechanical favorable materials have been developed in various areas, especially in hydrogels. Although a wide range of mechanically strong hydrogels has been developed, there is still room for a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms and creative design and construction of these types of hydrogels. This Special Issue will collect several studies on the development of novel hydrogels with excellent mechanical properties for synthesis and application. The submitted studies can deal with both natural and synthetic polymers as a matrix, to incorporate a wide range of other materials. Focusing on the application of mechanically excellent hydrogels is also acceptable. Papers presenting studies on the relationship between manufacturing, characterization, morphology, and properties relative to hydrogel fabrication and application, as well as those focused on the development of novel technological processing and developing novel hydrogel strategies are particularly welcome.
Dr. Yongfeng Gao
Guest Editor
Keywords
- polymer
- hydrogel
- tough
- stretchable
- self-healing
- smart materials
- sensors
- electronic skin
- artificial muscle
