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Advanced Manufacturing of Soft Materials
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Advanced Manufacturing of Soft Materials

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 2519

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Dr. David Cheneler

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Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK
Interests: sensors; nuclear instrumentation; sub-aquatic robotics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Soft materials include polymers, foams, gels, porous and granular materials and biomaterials and have found application in a wide range of applications, from flexible electronics and regenerative medicine. However, soft materials bring new challenges when it comes to their manufacture and integration into various systems compared to more traditional engineering materials.

This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, “Advanced Manufacturing of Soft Materials”, is intended for a wide and interdisciplinary audience and covers recent advances in:

  • Development of new manufacturing techniques and processing of soft materials;
  • Innovative concepts in additive manufacturing;
  • Formulation of functional and structured soft materials;
  • Bio-inspired design and self-assembly methods;
  • Integration of soft materials with coatings and rigid systems.

Dr. David Cheneler
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing of soft materials
  • Post-processing of soft materials
  • Soft tooling production
  • Production of foams and porous materials
  • Fiber and fabrics encapsulation
  • Formulation and integration of biomaterials and hydrogels
  • Bio-inspired design and self-assembly methods
  • Electroactive polymers and dielectric elastomers
  • Soft materials for robotics, including soft actuation and sensing

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Transparent, Pliable, Antimicrobial Hydrogels for Ocular Wound Dressings
by Tao Liu, Eleonore C.L. Bolle, Traian V. Chirila, Marion Buck, Daniel Jonas, Shuko Suzuki, Tai Smith, V. Prasad Shastri, Tim R. Dargaville and Aurelien Forget
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(21), 7548; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app10217548 - 27 Oct 2020
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Following ocular surgery, dressings are commonly applied to the surgical wound. These dressings need to combine medical properties with ease of use while maintaining comfort for the patient. For the ocular area, this means that the dressings need to act as a microbial [...] Read more.
Following ocular surgery, dressings are commonly applied to the surgical wound. These dressings need to combine medical properties with ease of use while maintaining comfort for the patient. For the ocular area, this means that the dressings need to act as a microbial barrier, allow good conformability to the contours of the eye, and provide evaporative cooling to the inflamed area. Furthermore, the dressings should be transparent to allow for the inspection of the wound site by healthcare professionals without the need for removal. In this paper, we investigate a blend of native agarose (NA) and carboxylated agarose (CA) for producing elastic hydrogels with high water content that can be supplemented with antibiotics. It was found that in comparison to pure agarose hydrogels, the NA hydrogels blended with CA had a reduced Young’s modulus, reduced evaporation rate when exposed to air, and accelerated release rate of antimicrobial agents, whilst maintaining the same degree of transparency. By altering the formulation from 2 wt.% pure NA to 1 wt.% NA blended with 1 wt.% CA, we were able to observe an approximately 55% reduction in Young’s modulus, 25% reduction in evaporation rate, as well as a significant acceleration in the release rate of cefazolin and doxycycline, making this hydrogel blend a potential material for topical treatment applications. Full article
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