Gels for Drug Delivery
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 675
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; cancer therapy; hydrogels; tissue engineering
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Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; microfluidics; organs-on-chip; bioprinting; drug delivery; gels
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Interests: gel-based nanoparticles; drug delivery to the brain; drug delivery to cancer
Interests: ultrasound-based drug delivery; crystallization; sonodynamic therapy; microfluidics; gels
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Delivery systems based on gels can leverage therapeutically beneficial outcomes of drug delivery and have found clinical use. Gels can provide spatial and temporal control over the release of various therapeutic agents, including small-molecule drugs, macromolecular drugs, and cells. Owing to their tunable physical properties, controllable degradability, and capability to protect labile drugs from degradation, hydrogels serve as a platform in which various physiochemical interactions with the encapsulated drugs control their release. Recently, there has been growing interest in smart polymer gels, constituting a new generation of biomaterials that respond to significant changes due to few changes in the environment.
The Special Issue on “Gels for drug delivery” is dedicated to recent developments of the synthesis, characterization, materials properties, and applications of different kinds of gels in the design and fabrication of smart delivery systems. We welcome papers from multiple research fields, including novel composite synthetic routes and their applications in the medical and health industry.
Dr. Samira Malekmohammadi
Dr. Mohsen Akbari
Dr. Amir Zarebkohan
Dr. Rashid Jamshidi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Gels is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- stimuli-responsive gels
- drug delivery
- polymer-based gels
- nanocomposite gels
- gels: biomedical application
- gels: cancer therapy
- synthesis and characterization
