Transdermal Therapy using Thermosensitive Poloxamer Hydrogel for Biomedical Application
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 9591
Special Issue Editor
Interests: healthcare product development; AI; big data; hydrogel applications
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transdermal therapy using drug-loaded hydrogels can show dual functionality by simultaneously supplying moisture and drugs to the infected sites on the skin, especially for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) or skin eczema. Nevertheless, the drug delivery systems used in transdermal therapy need to overcome the skin barrier’s effect, and target drugs to specific sites on the skin. Various stimuli-responsive hydrogels, especially thermoresponsive hydrogels, are turning out to be effective and affordable skin care treatments for AD. Stimuli-responsive hydrogels formed by various natural and synthetic polymers can show changes in their properties with temperature and pH, and some are capable of showing dual responsiveness. For example, in textile-based transdermal therapy, advanced functionalities can be imparted to the textile materials by integrating stimuli-responsive hydrogels loaded with drugs, which needs to be done prior to coating the fabrics with hydrogel systems for the treatment of AD and other skin diseases. In this aspect, researchers working in the area of drug delivery based on stimuli-responsive hydrogel for textile and other biomedical applications are cordially invited to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Chi-leung Hui
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Stimuli-responsive hydrogels
- Thermoresponsive hydrogels
- Dual responsive hydrogels (pH/temperature)
- Drug delivery
- Transdermal therapy
- Biomedical Application
