Hydrogels for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications 2024
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 1303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogel; pharmaceutical applications; bio medical applications; drug delivery system; tissue engineering
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Interests: pre-formulation; solid dispersion; hydrogel; wound healing; semi-solid formulation; prevention of stomatitis; nanoparticle; grinding; DSC; PXRD
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogels are hydrophilic and have three-dimensional cross-linked structures that absorb or retain large amounts of water or biological fluids, forming aqueous, semi-solid/solid gel networks. Furthermore, they are also insoluble due to chemical and/or physical crosslinks. The main features of hydrogels are similar, both compositionally and mechanically, to those of native extracellular matrices, as they have a soft material nature, and their hydrophilic and cross-linked properties impart biocompatibility, meaning that they have been widely used in applications in pharmaceutical and medical fields; for example, as drug carriers in drug delivery systems and as materials for cells during tissue regeneration, and so on.
In recent years, 3D printing systems that utilize biopolymers have been developed; these systems can create various hydrogels for use in biological tissues. Hydrogels can uptake water and form hydrated yet solid materials that are similar to cells in the human body. In addition, many polymers are used to prepare hydrogels that have mucoadhesive and bioadhesive characteristics.
Hence, hydrogels have many possible applications beyond the pharmaceutical and medical fields in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
This Special Issue of Pharmaceuticals invites the submission of both reviews and original articles regarding the use of hydrogels in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Topics of interest include the preparation and evaluation of hydrogels (physicochemical properties, in vivo studies, etc.), clinical trials for new formulations, etc.
Dr. Yayoi Kawano
Dr. Takehisa Hanawa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogel
- pharmaceutical applications
- biomedical applications
- drug delivery system
- tissue engineering
