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Hydrogels for Wound Healing

  • 1st Edition - August 29, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sabu Thomas, Bratati Das, Hanna J. Maria
  • Language: English

Hydrogels for Wound Healing provides a comprehensive review of the materials, properties, mechanism of action and application of engineered hydrogels in wound treatment. This book… Read more

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Description

Hydrogels for Wound Healing provides a comprehensive review of the materials, properties, mechanism of action and application of engineered hydrogels in wound treatment. This book thoroughly covers all aspects of hydrogels in wound healing, reviewing a range of key materials and composites – including metal oxides and polymer composites – as well as their design, synthesis, and core properties. The book explores various types of wound healing hydrogels, such as 3D-printed, injectable, sprayable, tunable, and more. Toxicity, clinical and commercial aspects are detailed, providing holistic coverage for those interested in designing and applying these hydrogels in research and clinical settings.

This comprehensive resource is a complete reference for materials scientists, biomedical engineers, biomedical scientists and clinicians with an interest in novel wound healing approaches.

Key features

  • Helps the reader discover and understand novel wound healing approaches, arming them with the necessary information to make an informed decision
  • Covers a range of hydrogel types, including natural and synthetic polymer hydrogels, and metal oxide hydrogels
  • Details the design, synthesis, properties and characterization of hydrogels

Readership

Researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, regenerative medicine/tissue engineering and nanotechnology, Clinicians with an interest in novel wound healing approaches

Table of contents

1. Hydrogels for Wound Healing Applications: State-of-art, New Challenges, and Applications

2. Types of Wounds and Causation Factors

3. Wound Healing Mechanisms and Strategies

4. Gene and Stem Cell Therapies in Wound Healing

5. Antimicrobial Hydrogels for Wound Healing Applications

6. Natural and Synthetic Polymer Hydrogels for Wound Dressing

7. Chitosan-based Hydrogels for Wound Dressing

8. Gelatin-based Hydrogels for Wound Dressing

9. Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Wound Healing

10. Collagen-based Hydrogels for Wound Healing

11. Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogel Films for Wound Healing

12. Sprayable Smart Hydrogels for Wound Healing

13. Acellular Hydrogel-based Wound Dressings

14. Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Hydrogels for Wound Healing

15. Silver Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

16. Gold Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

17. Design and Mechanism of Metal Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels in Wound Healing

18. ZnO/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

19. CuO/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

20. TiO2/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

21. MgO/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

22. Iron Oxide/Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

23. Bioactive Glass/Polymer Composite Hydrogels for Wound Healing

24. Tunable Hydrogels for Accelerated Wound Healing

25. Injectable Self-healing Hydrogels for Wound Healing

26. Antioxidant Hydrogels in Chronic Wound Treatment

27. Hydrogel-based Strategies for Diabetic Wounds

28. 3D-printed Hydrogels for Wound Dressing

29. Drug-loaded Hydrogels for Wound Healing

30. Immunomodulatory Hydrogels for Wound Healing

31. Hydrogels for Burn Dressings and Skin Substitutes

32. Hydrogel-based Commercial Products for Wound Healing

33. Clinical Status of Hydrogels for Wound Healing

34. Toxicity Aspects of Hydrogels for Wound Healing

35. Future Scope and Challenges of Hydrogels for Wound Healing

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 4, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

ST

Sabu Thomas

Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India; Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Center of Excellence in Polymeric Materials for Medical Practice Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

BD

Bratati Das

Bratati Das is a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan. Her research work is concentrated on nano-force sensor development based on mechanochromic polymers.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

HM

Hanna J. Maria

Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Mahatma Gandhi University, India

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