Recent Advances in Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 5416
Special Issue Editors
Interests: macromolecular drug delivery; hydrogels; nanosuspensions; peptide amphiphiles; self-assembled prodrug; peptide-drug conjugate; long-acting injectables
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Interests: polymeric biomaterials; pH- and temperature-sensitive hydrogels; polymeric wound dressings; polymeric systems for controlled drug delivery; biodegradable polymers; polymeric scaffolds for tissue regenerations; antimicrobial hydrogels
Interests: polymeric biomaterials; polimeric systems for controlled and sustained drug delivery; stimuli-sensitive hydrogels; polymeric scaffolds for tissue regeneration; advanced hybrid hydrogels; antimicrobial polymeric biomaterials; biodegradable polymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the Special Issue of Pharmaceutics, entitled “Recent Advance in Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications”, which is dedicated to recent developments in hydrogels for biomedical applications. Hydrogels, as powerful materials with excellent biocompatibility and the ability to interface with biological environments to regenerate and/or treat tissue, have aroused the increasing interest of researchers from the fields of biomedicine, tissue engineering and drug delivery.
The goal of this Special Issue is to highlight current progress in the rapidly expanding area of polymeric hydrogels for biomedical applications. Of special interest are papers that present innovative approaches to synthesising biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogels with precisely designed properties for tissue engineering/regeneration applications and controlled drug delivery, as well as papers that cover interactions between biomaterials and the biological environment: in vitro studies (e.g., cell biology, microbiology), as well as in vivo studies that move the field closer to clinical applications. We believe that the topic of this Special Issue can promote innovative research and draw attention from a wide audience in the field of hydrogels for biomedical applications. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Wenbing Dai
Dr. Jovana S. Vuković
Dr. Marija M. Babić Radić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- hydrogels for tissue engineering/repair
- hydrogels as controlled drug delivery systems
- hydrogels for wound dressings
- biodegradable injectable hydrogels
- stimuli-sensitive hydrogels
- antimicrobial hydrogels
- hydrogels as scaffolding biomaterials