Hydrogels for Wound Healing

Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution. Prof. 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. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France. Dr. Bratati Das is a postdoctoral fellow at International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), under Prof. Sabu Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, Kerala, India. She obtained her doctoral degree in Material Science in 2019 from Visva-Bharati University, India. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Physics from West Bengal State University. In this period, she carried out a project on synthesis of gold nanoparticles as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy active substrate. She has 5 publications in various international journals. During her Ph.D. period she received the UGC NET award from the Council of Scientific Research, India, for her research. Dr. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She previously held postdoctoral research positions at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, the Centre RAPSODEE, IMT Mines, Albi, France, and the Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Dr. Maria has published 20 articles and 10 book chapters, and co-edited 4 books. Her research has focused on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bio-nanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites.

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