Recent progress on polymer materials for additive manufacturing

LJ Tan, W Zhu, K Zhou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) is the process of printing 3D objects in a layer‐by‐layer
manner. Polymers and their composites are some of the most widely used materials in …

A review on four-dimensional (4D) bioprinting in pursuit of advanced tissue engineering applications

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, W Ahmed, H Arshad - Bioprinting, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioactive materials developed through three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology
exhibit static nature and don't respond to the dynamic changes occurred in the human body …

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for manipulation of cell microenvironment: From chemistry to biofabrication technology

MA Mohamed, A Fallahi, AMA El-Sokkary… - Progress in polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Native tissues orchestrate their functions by complex interdependent cascades of
biochemical and biophysical cues that vary spatially and temporally during cellular …

4D printed hydrogels: fabrication, materials, and applications

Y Dong, S Wang, Y Ke, L Ding, X Zeng… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D printed objects are 3D printed structures whose shape, property, and
functionality are able to self‐transform when exposed to a predetermined stimulus. The …

Naturally biomimicked smart shape memory hydrogels for biomedical functions

JM Korde, B Kandasubramanian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent periods, shape memory hydrogels (SMHs) have sought conjoint attention from
industries as well as academia owing their intrinsic biocompatibility as well as …

Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels and their medical applications

A Pourjavadi, R Heydarpour, ZM Tehrani - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The functionality of multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels in physiological states is the reason
for the increased attention of hydrogels nowadays. Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels …

Microfluidic platforms toward rational material fabrication for biomedical applications

Q Zhao, H Cui, Y Wang, X Du - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of micro/nanomaterials in recent decades has brought promising alternative
approaches in various biomedicine‐related fields such as pharmaceutics, diagnostics, and …

Stimuli-responsive biomaterials: smart avenue toward 4D bioprinting

M Rahimnejad, S Jahangiri… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract 3D bioprinting is an advanced technology combining cells and bioactive molecules
within a single bioscaffold; however, this scaffold cannot change, modify or grow in response …

Microfluidics fabrication of micrometer‐sized hydrogels with precisely controlled geometries for biomedical applications

Z Wei, S Wang, J Hirvonen… - Advanced healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Micrometer‐sized hydrogels are cross‐linked three‐dimensional network matrices with high‐
water contents and dimensions ranging from several to hundreds of micrometers. Due to …

Advances in ultrasound-responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Zhou, G Liu, S Guo - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Various intelligent hydrogels have been developed for biomedical applications because
they can achieve multiple, variable, controllable and reversible changes in their shape and …