Smart Polymer Hydrogels
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 3023
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dendronized polymer; stimuli-responsive polymer; helical polymer; supramolecular chiral assembly; stimuli-responsive biomaterial
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Dear Colleagues,
Macromolecular networks and gels, especially hydrogels, synthetic or natural, specially designed, hybrid or interpenetrating are intriguing materials which inspire researchers by their similarity to natural tissues, living matter which provides large scale of advanced functions of life. Nowadays, hydrogels are widely used in a variety of fields, the topic of crosslinked state of matter also attracts great attention of scientific community.
We therefore want to compose a special issue of the Molecules journal. This Special Issue will cover both fundamental and applied aspects, with special emphasis on hydrogels in biomedical applications, such as their responsivity, drug delivery, tissue engineering and their structure, other properties.
We hope that you will find this idea of a common project of putting together a special issue of Polymers interesting and we are looking forward to your contribution!
Prof. Dr. Afang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Wen Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Hydrogels
- Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
- Drug Delivery
- Tissue Engineering
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