Hydrogels: the next generation body materials for microfluidic chips?

J Nie, J Fu, Y He - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microfluidics with biomedical research is confronted with considerable
limitations due to its body materials. With high content of water, hydrogels own superior …

Fabrication of micro-porous hyaluronic acid hydrogels through salt leaching

KR Coogan, PT Stone, ND Sempertegui… - European polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of physiologically relevant culture platforms for studying cell behavior
has been of particular interest in tissue engineering as well as in development of in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Formulation of sugar/hydrogel inks for rapid thermal response 4D architectures with sugar-derived macropores

H Ko, MC Ratri, K Kim, Y Jung, G Tae, K Shin - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Programmed, reshaping hydrogel architectures were fabricated from sugar/hydrogel inks via
a three-dimensional printing method involving a stimuli-responsive polymer. We developed …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized Enzyme-Responsive Biomaterials to Model Tissue Stiffening in vitro

A Tirella, G Mattei, M La Marca, A Ahluwalia… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The mechanical properties of the cellular microenvironment play a crucial role in modulating
cell function, and many pathophysiological processes are accompanied by variations in …

Cellulose acetate-gelatin-coated boron-bioactive glass biocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

RM Rad, AZ Alshemary, Z Evis, D Keskin… - Biomedical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we aimed to prepare and characterize porous scaffolds composed of pure and
boron oxide (B 2 O 3)-doped bioactive glass (BG) that were infiltrated by cellulose acetate …

[HTML][HTML] Perfusion-based co-culture model system for bone tissue engineering

SW Sawyer, K Zhang, JA Horton, P Soman - AIMS bioengineering, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this work, we report on a perfusion-based co-culture system that could be used for bone
tissue engineering applications. The model system is created using a combination of …

Multifunctional Clay/PNIPAM Hydrogel Incorporating HxMoO3 Plasmonic Quantum Dot

H Li, Y Li, Q Xu, A Zhang - Energy & Environmental Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Functional hydrogel is becoming a frequently used material in various fields, especially in
biological and medical applications. In order to overcome the barriers of low uniformity of …

Airway-on-a-Chip: Development and in Vitro Validation of a Microfluidic Cell Culture Model for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

TJ Bennet, B Shen, J Siwik, S Pan… - 2020 IEEE 33rd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a microfluidic cell culture model that incorporates a novel 3-dimensional
extracellular matrix composed of a biodegradable membrane and lumen-patterned, cell …

Laser-based 3D printing using bessel beams for tissue engineering applications

AWL Liew - 2020 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
The ultimate goal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is the successful
fabrication of functional tissue in the lab for implantation into patients to treat damaged tissue …

Nature-inspired microfluidics network for organ-on-a-chip application

M Mao - 2020 - theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk
The miniaturized fluid distribution network to transport nutrients and metabolic byproducts
plays a significant role in the development of engineered tissues and organon-a-chip …