Advanced Gel Materials for Bioengineering

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue on “Advanced Gel Materials for Bioengineering”, which aims to showcase the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the field of gel materials and their applications in biomedical engineering.

Gel materials have gained significant attention in recent years due to their unique properties and versatile applications in the biomedical field. These materials, characterized by their ability to swell and retain large amounts of water within their network, offer numerous advantages for various bioengineering applications, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and biosensing.

This Special Issue provides an excellent platform to present and discuss the design, synthesis, characterization, and utilization of gel materials for various bioengineering applications. We invite researchers and experts to contribute original research articles and comprehensive reviews that focus on the development and application of innovative gel-based materials in the field of bioengineering.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

1. Novel synthesis methods for gel materials;
2. Functionalization and surface modification of gel materials;
3. Controlled drug delivery systems using gel materials;
4. Gel-based scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine;
5. Responsive and stimuli-sensitive gel materials;
6. Gel materials for biosensing and diagnostic applications;
7. Biocompatibility and biodegradability of gel materials;
8. Translational studies and clinical applications of gel materials.

We look forward to receiving your contributions and believe that this Special Issue will contribute significantly to the advancement of gel materials in bioengineering and foster collaborations within the scientific community.

Dr. Shuhui Yang
Dr. Haibo Mu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• gel material
• synthesis and characterization
• bioengineering
• tissue engineering
• drug delivery
• biosensing
• diagnosis