Functional Gels Applied in Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 164
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional gels; smart polymers; tissue engineering
Interests: functional gels; regenerative medicine; cartilage and bone tissue regeneration
Interests: gels; surface modification; antimicrobial and antioxidant coatings; chitosan; drug delivery devices; nanomaterials; biocompatibility; implant coatings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are here to organize a Special Issue “Functional Gels Applied in Tissue Engineering”.
Gels or hydrogels became one of the most common biomaterials over recent years due to their excellent properties. For example, as a promising candidate for scaffold materials in tissue regeneration, gels based on both synthetic and natural polymers have attracted intense research interests.
The present Special Issue is dedicated to providing an open and vivid forum to share and discuss your latest research milestones on the theories, applications, challenges, and prospectives of using functional gels and/or hydrogels in tissue regeneration and repair. We aim to demonstrate and discuss our current understanding on the structures, synthesis, performance assessments, and applications of various gels to facilitate tissue reconstructions.
The paper type can be a research article, review, short communication, method/protocol, or perspective.
Dr. Hai Xin
Dr. Maruf Al Maruf
Dr. Alexey Vertegel
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.
Keywords
- functional gel
- hydrogels
- responsive hydrogels
- injectable hydrogels
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- scaffold
- delivery
- extracellular matrix
- 3D Printing
- actuators and sensors, etc
