[HTML][HTML] 4D printing: Fundamentals, materials, applications and challenges

A Ahmed, S Arya, V Gupta, H Furukawa, A Khosla - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D printing refers to single-material or multi-material printing of a device or object
that can be transformed from a 1D strand into pre-programed 3D shape, from a 2D surface …

[HTML][HTML] Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels: Cutting-edge platforms for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, L Hamabe, A Abugomaa… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of polymer composites: Materials, processes, and applications

S Park, W Shou, L Makatura, W Matusik, KK Fu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Additive manufacturing (AM)(also known as 3D printing) has enabled the customized
fabrication of objects with complex geometries and functionalities in mechanical and …

Inkjet bioprinting of biomaterials

X Li, B Liu, B Pei, J Chen, D Zhou, J Peng… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The inkjet technique has the capability of generating droplets in the picoliter volume range,
firing thousands of times in a few seconds and printing in the noncontact manner. Since its …

Advances in 3D bioprinting of tissues/organs for regenerative medicine and in-vitro models

P Jain, H Kathuria, N Dubey - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Tissue/organ shortage is a major medical challenge due to donor scarcity and patient
immune rejections. Furthermore, it is difficult to predict or mimic the human disease condition …

[HTML][HTML] Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

[HTML][HTML] 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Zolfagharian… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D bioprinting is the next-generation additive manufacturing-based fabrication
platform employed to construct intricate, adaptive, and dynamic soft and hard tissue …

Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

J Li, C Wu, PK Chu, M Gelinsky - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of polymer materials: Progress, promise and challenges

S Saleh Alghamdi, S John, N Roy Choudhury… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of additive manufacturing (AM) has moved well beyond prototyping and has been
established as a highly versatile manufacturing method with demonstrated potential to …