Hydrogel Surface/Coating for Smart Drug Delivery and Medical Devices
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 9768
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; functional polymers; haemostatic materials; tissue engineering; hydrogels
Interests: immunoimaging; cancer nanotherapeutics; biomaterials; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, the emerging medical platforms based on multifunctional hydrogels have become an alternative approach in targeting therapies and tissue regeneration, owing to the innovative biomaterials. Hydrogels represent one of the most promising implantable materials for on-demand release and artificial surface modification. They can be responsive to and accommodate the microenvironment. The unique soft, gentle, and responsive characteristics endow hydrogels with huge potential in medical application, such as artificial organs, biomedical sensors, drug/gene delivery, and surface modification of medical devices. In particular, functionalized gels with specific chemical linkages and molecules can smartly and precisely release drugs, genes, mRNAs, and vaccines upon specific external stimuli and in the microenvironment.
This Special Issue will provide an overview of the potential strategies to synthesize smart and multifunctional hydrogels for controlled drug delivery, surface coating and further biomedical applications. Original research, review, and perspective articles related to the specified subject are welcome. These subject areas include, but are not limited to:
- Development of multifunctional hydrogels for drug, gene, RNA, and protein delivery for cancer diagnosis and treatment, tissue vascularization and regeneration, and genetic-disease treatment.
- Hydrogel surface and coating for medical devices.
Dr. Changcan Shi
Dr. Xingzhou Peng
Prof. Dr. Yakai Feng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogel
- drug delivery
- medical devices
- surface
- responsive
- tissue engineering
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