Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomaterials; hyperbranched polymers; cyclized polymers; non-viral gene vector; controlled/living polymerization; gel biomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Tissue engineering is the development of tissue and organ substitutes to preserve, restore, or augment the functions of injured or diseased organs, and it has revolutionized the field of biomedicine. In this context, hydrogels play a crucial role in constructing tissue scaffolds with appropriate chemical, biological, and mechanical properties for cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation, or serve as carriers with high safety and efficacy for gene or drug delivery. Polymer hydrogels are particularly promising for tissue engineering applications because of their wide monomer availability, diversity of functionalities, ease of synthesis and large-scale production, excellent biocompatibility, and mechanical strength. Recent advances in polymer chemistry have created powerful platforms for manipulating their chemical composition and topological structures and ultimately their biological functions in tissue engineering applications. These advances in the field of tissue engineering have brought synthetic polymers ever closer to their potential in biomedicine. Therefore, the development of hydrogels with tailored chemical compositions and topological structures along with various functionalities using advanced synthesis strategies is of great importance to accelerate the maturation of tissue engineering technology and transfer it from the laboratory to the bedside. The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent advances in the field of tissue engineering, where hydrogels are indispensable, with the expectation of providing new insights into the development of clinically applicable polymeric biomaterials. The Guest Editors are soliciting original research articles and reviews that cover the emerging strategies for hydrogels, new applications of hydrogels in various areas of tissue engineering, exciting new results both in vitro and in vivo, and potential challenges associated with translating hydrogels into the clinic.
Prof. Dr. Dezhong Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tissue engineering
- hydrogel
- tissue/organ restoration
- biocompatibility
- biomedicine
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