Special Issues

Polymer Materials for Tissue Engineering and Cell Encapsulation

Submission Deadline: 30 August 2026 View: 766 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Zhongliang Jiang

Email: jz82070@163.com

Affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China

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Research Interests: Droplet-microfluidics, Tissue Engineering, Cell Microencapsulation, Drug Release, Microgels

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Prof. Dr. John S. Oakey

Email: joakey@uwyo.edu

Affiliation: Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA

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Research Interests: Microfluidics, Transport Phenomenon, Tissue Engineering


Dr. Wei Yao

Email: yaowei@ustl.edu.cn

Affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China

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Research Interests: Polyoxometallate, MOFs, Coordination Chemistry, Fluorescence Detection, Electrochemistry


Summary

This special issue should cover research spanning from fundamental polymer design and synthesis, polymer analysis and characterization, polymer fabrication, and other related fields with a goal to promote the field of tissue engineering and stem cell-based therapies.

Research and review articles on using advanced fabrication techniques like microfluidic chips or 3D/bioprinting would be a plus for the special issue.

 
Characterization of cell-cell or cell-material interaction, influencing factors governing stem cell fate decision, and drug delivery schemes should be included in publications.


Keywords

Microfluidics, Tissue Engineering, Cell Encapsulation, Drug Delivery, Stem Cell Therapy

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    REVIEW

    The Design, Fabrication and Miniaturization of Polymeric Hydrogels for Therapeutic Actions

    Xingdan Wang, Yuheng Du, Xinyue Zhang, Yifei Li, Renmeng Liu, Lei Yang, Edward Ramsey, Zhongliang Jiang
    Journal of Polymer Materials, DOI:10.32604/jpm.2026.080578
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Polymer Materials for Tissue Engineering and Cell Encapsulation)
    Abstract Polymeric hydrogels are three-dimensional hydrophilic macromolecular networks capable of retaining varying amounts of water, similar to the extracellular matrix (ECM). To effectively translate these materials into therapeutic actions, it is of importance to control their molecular design, structural architecture, and physical dimensions, ensuring that these factors are strictly optimized to meet the demands of therapeutic applications. Existing reviews mainly focus on specific hydrogel aspects, but there is a gap in translating hydrogel miniaturization into therapeutic potential. This review highlights developments in hydrogel miniaturization, focusing on microfluidic strategies for precise microgel control. Miniaturized hydrogels improve cell-material More >

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