Smart Hydrogel for Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid development of biomaterials and tissue engineering technology has played an increasingly vital role in wound healing and tissue repair. Smart hydrogels are hydrogels that can respond to stimuli and adapt their responses based on external cues from their environments. Under external stimuli, including pH, temperature, light, the electric field and magnetic field, as well as biological and chemical stimuli, we can control various properties of the hydrogel, including its hydrophilicity, swelling ability, mechanical properties and molecule permeability; this results in controlled drug release, enhanced bio-adhesion and antibacterial properties, the promotion of cell migration and tissue regeneration, and rapid bio-signal feedback, among others. Therefore, smart hydrogels are highly promising tools for biomedical applications in wound healing and tissue repair.

This Special Issue aims to focus on the recent research advances witnessed in the application of smart hydrogels for wound healing and tissue repair, covering a wide range of research, from the design of hydrogel materials that can achieve stimuli-responsiveness, to translational and clinical research related to wound healing and tissue repair. Both original research and review articles are welcome

Prof. Dr. Xiayi Xu
Dr. Boguang Yang
Guest Editors

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• hydrogel
• wound healing
• tissue repair
• stimuli-responsive
• wound dressing
• regenerative medicine
• biomedical application
• anti-inflammation
• biomaterials
• bio-adhesion