Multifunctional Hydrogel for Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

Dear Colleagues,

Wounds often cause pain, inflammation, loss of function, and even amputation or sepsis, seriously threatening human health and life. Wound dressings are essential for repairing skin defects and rebuilding skin function. Among the many wound dressings, hydrogels show great application potential in wound healing because they can provide a moist wound environment, prevent secondary infection, promote the autolytic debridement of necrotic wounds and granulation wounds, and improve wound healing efficiency, which is an ideal wound dressing.

With the innovation and development of hydrogel design scheme and synthesis technology, as well as the in-depth study of skin wound repair mechanisms, the function of hydrogels has developed from simple wound covering in the early stage to today's multifunctional intelligent repair (such as antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, angiogenesis, etc.), and their versatility has also shown an increasing trend year on year.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest research progress of multifunctional hydrogels as tools for wound healing and tissue repair, covering a wide range of research on hydrogels from material design to translational and clinical research. Authors are welcome to submit and review at the same time.

Dr. Jiafu Cao
Prof. Dr. Jin-Wook Yoo
Guest Editors

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