Biomedical Applications of Intelligent Hydrogel 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomedical polymer; bioactive material; hydrogel
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Interests: hydrogels; polymeric biomaterials; 3D bioprinting; biomimetics; stem cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogels form the foundation of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as a supportive matrix for cell immobilization and growth factor delivery. Hydrogels, due to their wide range of properties, have been used as an injectable, for in situ gelling, and as patterned matrices, viscous gels, thin sheets, and three-dimensional scaffolds in regenerative medicine to guide and regulate cells’ fate. The development of new intelligent hydrogels is critical to the success of tissue engineering and medical applications, connected with cell cultivation.
The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on hydrogels with a hierarchical structure; self-assembled hydrogels; hybrid and degradable hydrogels; load-bearing and self-healing hydrogels; hydrogels for cell encapsulation and biofabrication; hydrogels for micro-patterning, microfluidic devices, and high-throughput screening; injectable and in situ hardening hydrogels for minimally invasive applications; hydrogels that modulate the body’s immune response; and hydrogel-based delivery systems for spatiotemporal delivery of growth factors.
Dr. Chao Xu
Dr. Murat Guvendiren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- microgels
- responsive materials
- injectable
- self-assembled hydrogels
