Conductive Gels: Preparation, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 122
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conducting polymers; composites; sensors; energy storage devices; water purification
Interests: engineering of porous materials; biopolymers; aerogels; cryo processes; coarse-grained modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
Conducting gels represent a broad group of materials, in which conducting components of various natures, responsible for the electrical properties of a material, are incorporated or assembled into a network with a developed surface and good mechanical stability. In recent years, their attractive and highly tunable features, including their flexibility, self-healing capability, stimuli-responsive behavior, interconnected porous structure and high specific surface area, have been successfully used for water purification, energy storage, wearable electronics or biomedical applications.
The aim of the present Special Issue is to highlight the recent advances in basic and applied research on gels with electronic conductivity, which includes (but is not limited to) novel approaches for their design, synthesis and potential applications. Original research articles, short communications and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Konstantin Milakin
Dr. Pavel Gurikov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- aerogels
- cryogels
- composites
- electronic conductivity
- conducting polymers
- carbon materials
- conducting fillers
- self-healing
- stimuli-responsive behavior
- sensors
- energy storage
- drug delivery
- water purification
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