Bioactive Materials and Advanced Biomedical Hydrogels in Medicinal Chemistry

Dear Colleagues,

Bioactive materials are characterized by their adaptiveness to biological environments, being designed to stimulate and/or direct appropriate cellular and tissue responses or to control interactions with microbiological species. Hydrogels are a special type of bioactive materials. They are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks capable of absorbing large amounts of water or biological fluids. This Special Issue on “Advanced Biomedical Hydrogels and Bioactive Materials in Medicinal Chemistry” of the journal Materials will focus on biomedical hydrogels and bioactive materials, their design and development, characterization, modification/functionalization, and the application of new materials. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: biomedical hydrogels, smart hydrogels, protein and DNA hydrogels, wound dressings, bioactive polymers and gels, bioactive metals and alloys, bioactive inorganics (ceramics, glasses, and carbon-based materials), bioactive materials sourced from nature, and bioactive composites for use in human or veterinary medicine as implants, tissue-engineering scaffolds, cell/drug/gene carriers, and imaging and sensing devices.

Dr. Bozena Tyliszczak
Guest Editor

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