Dear Colleagues,

Initially, hydrogel materials attracted the biomedical scientists’ attention, mainly because of their porosity, high water ratio, and soft consistency, which are very similar to natural living tissues. However, with the expansion of the application field of hydrogel, higher requirements have been put forward for its performance, the research and development of hydrogels composite with better performance has become a area of significant at present. Hydrogel composites have been and are being explored to increase their potential in medicine, biology, agriculture, and food. The performance design plays a key role, including basic physical and chemical properties, mechanical properties, biological properties, and responsive release/degradation properties, etc.

This Special Issue on “Properties of Hydrogel Materials” is dedicated to recent developments from the constructions to applications of hydrogel composites with different properties. This Special Issue covers a variety of hydrogel composite materials, including nanofiber doped gel, polymer doped gel, inorganic particle doped gel, biological material doped gel, etc. Modification methods, structure, performance analysis, and multifunctional applications of hydrogel composites will be discussed.

Dr. Zhiping Fan
Dr. Yuanyuan Gao
Dr. Lianhua Fu
Guest Editors

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