Smart polymer hydrogels. / Volume I, : synthesis, properties and applications / / editor, Wei Ji.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ji, Wei ,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive collection of works on recent advances and developments in smart polymer hydrogels applied to the biomedical and nanotechnological fields. The research topic covers all hydrogels, including polymer hydrogels, supramolecular gels, hybrid hydrogels, metallohydrogels, etc. Stimulus-responsive polymer hydrogels have attracted considerable interest as promising smart materials due to their tremendous potential in biomedical and nanotechnological applications. They can respond to different chemical and physical external stimuli, including pH, temperature, light, enzyme activity, redox agents, the electric or magnetic field, and chemicals. Compared to single stimulus-responsive polymer hydrogels, multiple-responsive hydrogels exhibit higher flexibility and tunability to realize multiplefunctionality in a synergistic manner. The structural and phase transition of polymer hydrogels triggered by external stimuli offers enormous potential for drug delivery, tumor therapy, tissue engineering, and biodevices.

Table of Contents

Contents -- About the Editor vii -- Wei Ji -- Editorial on Special Issue: "Smart Polymer Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties and -- Applications-Volume I" -- Reprinted from: Gels 2023, 9, 84, doi:10.3390/gels9020084 1 -- Shengjia Ye, Bin Wei and Li Zeng -- Advances on Hydrogels for Oral Science Research -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 302, doi:10.3390/gels8050302 3 -- Airi Harui and Michael D. Roth -- Hyaluronidase Enhances Targeting of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Anti-CTLA-4 to Tumor Draining -- Lymph Nodes and Improves Anti-Tumor Efficacy -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 284, doi:10.3390/gels8050284 19 -- Seunghyun Lee, Shiyi Liu, Ruth E. Bristol, Mark C. Preul and Jennifer Blain Christen -- Hydrogel Check-Valves for the Treatment of Hydrocephalic Fluid Retention with Wireless -- Fully-Passive Sensor for the Intracranial Pressure Measurement -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 276, doi:10.3390/gels8050276 29 -- Jianxiong Xu, Yuecong Luo, Yin Chen, Ziyu Guo, Yutong Zhang and Shaowen Xie et al. -- Tough, Self-Recoverable, Spiropyran (SP3) Bearing Polymer Beads Incorporated PAM -- Hydrogels with Sole Mechanochromic Behavior -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 208, doi:10.3390/gels8040208 43 -- Muhammad Suhail, Quoc Lam Vu and Pao-Chu Wu -- Formulation, Characterization, and In Vitro Drug Release Study of β-Cyclodextrin-Based Smart -- Hydrogels -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 207, doi:10.3390/gels8040207 59 -- Arshad Mahmood, Alia Erum, Sophia Mumtaz, Ume Ruqia Tulain, Nadia Shamshad Malik -- and Mohammed S. Alqahtani -- Preliminary Investigation of Linum usitatissimum Mucilage-Based Hydrogel as Possible -- Substitute to Synthetic Polymer-Based Hydrogels for Sustained Release Oral Drug Delivery -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 170, doi:10.3390/gels8030170 79 -- Salah Hamri, Tewfik Bouchaour, Djahida Lerari, Zohra Bouberka, Philippe Supiot and -- Ulrich Maschke -- Cleaning of Wastewater Using Crosslinked Poly(Acrylamide-co-Acrylic Acid) Hydrogels: -- Analysis of Rotatable Bonds, Binding Energy and Hydrogen Bonding -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 156, doi:10.3390/gels8030156 95 -- Dominique Larrea-Wachtendorff, Vittoria Del Grosso and Giovanna Ferrari -- Evaluation of the Physical Stability of Starch-Based Hydrogels Produced by High-Pressure -- Processing (HPP) -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 152, doi:10.3390/gels8030152 113 -- Tim B. Mrohs and Oliver Weichold -- Multivalent Allylammonium-Based Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Homogeneous, Highly -- Swelling Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride Hydrogels -- Reprinted from: Gels 2022, 8, 100, doi:10.3390/gels8020100 129 -- Valeria Stagno, Alessandro Ciccola, Roberta Curini, Paolo Postorino, Gabriele Favero and -- Silvia Capuani -- Non-Invasive Assessment of PVA-Borax Hydrogel Effectiveness in Removing Metal Corrosion -- Products on Stones by Portable NMR -- Reprinted from: Gels 2021, 7, 265, doi:10.3390/gels7040265 143 -- Alina Elena Sandu, Loredana Elena Nita, Aurica P. Chiriac, Nita Tudorachi, Alina Gabriela -- Rusu and Daniela Pamfil -- New Hydrogel Network Based on Alginate and a Spiroaceta Copolymer -- Reprinted from: Gels 2021, 7, 241, doi:10.3390/gels7040241 161.