Incluye referencias bibliográficas CONTENIDO: Hydrogels and tissue engineering -- Structure-property relationships in hydrogels -- Water and surfaces: a linkage unexpectedly profound -- Polysaccharide based hydrogels for biomedical applications -- Hydrogels for healing -- Stereocomplexed PEG-PLA hydrogels -- Hybrid hydrogels based on poly(vinylalcohol)-chitosan blends and relevant CNT composites -- Poloxamine hydrogels: from low cell adhesion substrates to matrices with improved cytocompatibility for tissue engineering applications -- Biohydrogels for the in vitro re-construction and in situ regeneration of human skin -- Chitosan-based beads for controlled release of proteins -- Synthesis of stimuli-sensitive hydrogels in the um and sub-um range by radiation techniques and their application -- Stimuli-sensitive composite microgels -- Novel pH/temperature-sensitive hydrogels based on Poly(B-Amino Ester) for controlled protein delivery -- On-Off switching properties of ultra thin intelligent temperature-responsive polymer modified surface.