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Collagen-based Materials

The principal focus of this Thematic Series is to explore recent advances in preparation, characterization and application of collagen-based materials.

Guest Editors:
Prof. Run-Cang Sun (Dalian Polytechnic University, China)
Prof. Yunbing Wang (Sichuan University, China)

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies, including those pertaining to Collections. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

  1. The oral and craniofacial region consists of various types of hard and soft tissues with the intricate organization. With the high prevalence of tissue defects in this specific region, it is highly desirable t...

    Authors: Bo Zhang, Yunxiang He, Jialing Liu, Jiaojiao Shang, Chider Chen, Tianyi Wang, Mei Chen, Yifei Li, Guidong Gong, Jie Fang, Zhihe Zhao and Junling Guo
    Citation: Collagen and Leather 2023 5:14
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. The use of natural polysaccharide crosslinkers for decellularized matrices is an effective approach to prepare cardiovascular substitute materials. In this research, NaIO4 was applied to oxidize konjac glucomanna...

    Authors: Xu Peng, Li Li, Jiaqi Xing, Can Cheng, Mengyue Hu, Yihao Luo, Shubin Shi, Yan Liu, Zhihui Cui and Xixun Yu
    Citation: Collagen and Leather 2023 5:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Nowadays, multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infectious diseases has become a thorny issue in the healthcare field. Owning to its intrinsic merits, photodynamic therapy (PDT) shows tremendous strengths in fig...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Li, Jianming Xiong, Yi Hu, Wenjun Miao and He Huang
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. In tissue engineering, bioactive materials play an important role, providing structural support, cell regulation and establishing a suitable microenvironment to promote tissue regeneration. As the main compone...

    Authors: Jiayi Zhu, Zhulian Li, Yaping Zou, Gonggong Lu, Alfredo Ronca, Ugo D’Amora, Jie Liang, Yujiang Fan, Xingdong Zhang and Yong Sun
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:30
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Glutaraldehyde (Glut)-crosslinked porcine pericardium and bovine pericardium are mainly consisted of collagen and widely used for the preparation of heterogenous bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV), which play an...

    Authors: Shufen Li, Shiying Lang, Zhiqian Chen, Jingruo Chen, Weihua Zhuang, Yangrui Du, Yawen Yao, Gongyan Liu and Mao Chen
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:29
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:6

  6. The effect of hydrophobic modification on the performances of collagen fibers (CFs) was investigated by using silane coupling agents with different alkyl chains as hydrophobic modifiers. It was found silane co...

    Authors: Shuangfeng Xu, Hanzhong Xiao and Bi Shi
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  7. In the last decade, the number of transcatheter heart valve replacement for severe heart valve disease has increased exponentially. Although the bioprosthetic artificial heart valve (BHV) has similar fluid dyn...

    Authors: Xiaotong Chen, Tao Yu, Qunshou Kong, Dajun Kuang, Hong Xu, Zhiyu Zhao, Li Yang, Gaocan Li, Haojun Fan and Yunbing Wang
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:23
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:6

  8. Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) is derived from natural skin by removing the entire epidermis and the cell components of dermis, but retaining the collagen components of dermis. It can be used as a therapeutic a...

    Authors: Yining Chen, Xinhua Liu, Xin Zheng, Xuantao Huang, Weihua Dan, Zhengjun Li, Nianhua Dan and Yunbing Wang
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:19
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  9. Gamma rays is widely used in modern science and technology, but it may cause health damage to practitioners. In the present study, natural composites based on leather and high-Z elements (atomic number ≥ 56) w...

    Authors: Yue Shen, Jibo Zhou, Zheng Han, Hao Li, Linping Yan, Xuepin Liao and Bi Shi
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:15
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  10. Nowadays, diverse leather usage conditions and increasing demands from consumers challenge the leather industry. Traditional leather manufacturing is facing long-term challenges, including low-value threshold,...

    Authors: Zhongxue Bai, Xuechuan Wang, Manhui Zheng, Ouyang Yue, Long Xie, Siyu Zha, Shuyin Dong, Tong Li, Yanyan Song, Mengchen Huang and Xinhua Liu
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  11. Manufacture of eco-friendly chrome-free leather is of great significance for realizing sustainable development of leather industry. Conventional tanning theory believes that it is impossible to convert raw hid...

    Authors: Yawen Huang, Hanzhong Xiao, Haoliang Pu, Ni Xue, Baicun Hao, Xin Huang and Bi Shi
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  12. Leather is a collagen-based biomass prepared from raw skins or hides by a series of unit operations, in which the unhairing and fiber opening are extremely important operations. However, the conventional Na2S/Ca(...

    Authors: Hui Liu, Keyong Tang, Xiumin Li, Jie Liu, Xuejing Zheng and Ying Pei
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:13

  13. Extracellular matrix (ECM) is characterized as widespread, abundant, and pluripotent. Among ECM members, collagen is widely accepted as one of the most prominent components for its essential structural propert...

    Authors: Rang Liu, Mengyuan Dai, Guidong Gong, Mei Chen, Canhui Cao, Tianren Wang, Zhenhui Hou, Yu Shi, Junling Guo, Yaoyao Zhang and Xi Xia
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  14. Collagen, characteristic in biomimetic composition and hierarchical structure, boasts a huge potential in repairing cartilage defect due to its extraordinary bioactivities and regulated physicochemical propert...

    Authors: Xiaoyue Yu, Haiping Zhang, Yiliang Miao, Shanbai Xiong and Yang Hu
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:11
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Emergencies often result in uncontrollable bleeding, which is thought to be the leading cause of death at the scene of the injured. Among various hemostasis scenarios, collagen fiber (CF) is gradually replacin...

    Authors: Xingyu Yan, Yining Chen, Weihua Dan, Nianhua Dan and Zhengjun Li
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Collagen and Leather 2023 5:6

  16. Collagen, the main component of mammal skin, has been traditionally used in leather manufacturing for thousands of years due to its diverse physicochemical properties. Collagen is the most abundant protein in ...

    Authors: Hanxiao Chen, Luqi Xue, Guidong Gong, Jiezhou Pan, Xiaoling Wang, Yaoyao Zhang, Junling Guo and Lang Qin
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. Resource utilization of chrome shavings (CS) has attracted a lot of attention from scientists and technologists in leather industry. Especially, the collagen hydrolysates extracted from CS are expected to find...

    Authors: Li Zhao, Shengdong Mu, Weixiang Wang and Haibin Gu
    Citation: Journal of Leather Science and Engineering 2022 4:2
    Content type: Research Published on: