Advanced Functional Hydrogels for Wearable Medical Devices
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 768
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flexible electronics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Advanced Functional Hydrogels for Wearable Medical Devices”, will be dedicated to the latest advancements in hydrogel research, encompassing medical applications in various areas. In particular, this Special Issue will explore the topic of advanced functional hydrogels that can be applied to wearable medical devices to enhance or complement various functions, such as neural recording, stimulation, biosensors, and drug delivery systems.
Hydrogels, structured in a three-dimensional network, exhibit exceptional properties, such as a high swelling capacity, excellent biocompatibility, mechanical compliance, and effective ionic conductivity. These properties make hydrogels highly versatile for applications in wearable and implantable medical devices, tissue engineering, biosensing technologies, and wound healing therapies.
The continued development of hydrogel-based wearable medical devices offers significant advantages. Innovations in the synthesis of different materials and the tuning of the three-dimensional network structure of hydrogels have enhanced their capabilities in medical applications, including improved neuromodulation, enhanced sensing capabilities, and superior bio-adhesiveness. These advances are enabling the introduction of cutting-edge biomedical applications across a variety of fields.
The development of advanced functionalized hydrogels plays an important role in the continuous improvement of biomedical hydrogel applications and is instrumental in the emergence of new medical applications. In this Special Issue, we aim to present cutting-edge research and explore new directions in the field of advanced functionalized hydrogels for various medical applications.
Dr. Xuefeng Hu
Dr. Jinmo Jeong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearable medical devices
- functional hydrogel
- conductive hydrogel
- biosensors
- bio-adhesives
- drug delivery
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