[HTML][HTML] Natural, synthetic and commercially-available biopolymers used to regenerate tendons and ligaments

BS Heidari, R Ruan, E Vahabli, P Chen… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Tendon and ligament (TL) injuries affect millions of people annually. Biopolymers play a
significant role in TL tissue repair, whether the treatment relies on tissue engineering …

A decade of melt electrowriting

KL O'Neill, PD Dalton - Small Methods, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, melt electrowriting (MEW) has established the fundamental
understanding of processing (and printer) requirements. Iterative work on parametric …

Alginate sulfate/ECM composite hydrogel containing electrospun nanofiber with encapsulated human adipose-derived stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering

R Najafi, H Chahsetareh, M Pezeshki-Modaress… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stem cell therapy is a promising strategy for cartilage tissue engineering, and cell
transplantation using polymeric scaffolds has recently gained attention. Herein, we …

Formulation and Evaluation of PVA/Gelatin/Carrageenan Inks for 3D Printing and Development of Tissue‐Engineered Heart Valves

A Jafari, S Vahid Niknezhad, M Kaviani… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Congenital and acquired valvular heart diseases (VHDs) are significant causes of mortality
worldwide. With valve replacement being the primary solution for VHD, current options …

[HTML][HTML] MEWron: An open-source melt electrowriting platform

A Reizabal, T Kangur, PG Saiz, S Menke, C Moser… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is a distinct class of additive manufacturing technologies that
generates fibrous and porous macrostructures with microscale resolution from an electrically …

Electrohydrodynamic 3D printing of aqueous solutions

A Reizabal, B Tandon, S Lanceros‐Méndez, PD Dalton - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Among the various electrohydrodynamic (EHD) processing techniques, electrowriting (EW)
produces the most complex 3D structures. Aqueous solution EW similarly retains the …

Materials and Strategies to Enhance Melt Electrowriting Potential

PG Saiz, A Reizabal, JL Vilas‐Vilela… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is an emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technology that
enables the precise deposition of continuous polymeric microfibers, allowing for the creation …

Exploiting nonlinear fiber patterning to control tubular scaffold mechanical behavior

AB McCosker, ME Snowdon, R Lamont… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Melt electrowriting is an additive manufacturing technique capable of fabricating highly
biomimetic polymer scaffolds with high‐resolution microarchitecture for a range of tissue …

Fabrication and characterization of a 3D scaffold based on elastomeric poly-glycerol Sebacate polymer for heart valve applications

M Atari, S Labbaf, SH Javanmard - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2023 - Elsevier
Heart valve disease is one of the major reasons for cardiovascular complications and
mortalities worldwide. Despite significant breakthroughs in multiple valve designs with …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in design and quality of melt electrowritten scaffolds

K Cao, F Zhang, A Zaeri, Y Zhang, R Zgeib… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is an emergent approach to fabricate 3D porous structured
materials or scaffolds with microscale architectures. Due to its facile implementation, solvent …