Bioinspired engineering of honeycomb structure–Using nature to inspire human innovation

Q Zhang, X Yang, P Li, G Huang, S Feng… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

Organ-on-a-chip devices advance to market

B Zhang, M Radisic - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
To curb the high cost of drug development, there is an urgent need to develop more
predictive tissue models using human cells to determine drug efficacy and safety in advance …

Interwoven aligned conductive nanofiber yarn/hydrogel composite scaffolds for engineered 3D cardiac anisotropy

Y Wu, L Wang, B Guo, PX Ma - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mimicking the anisotropic cardiac structure and guiding 3D cellular orientation play a critical
role in designing scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration. Significant advances have been …

Microfabrication of complex porous tissue engineering scaffolds using 3D projection stereolithography

R Gauvin, YC Chen, JW Lee, P Soman, P Zorlutuna… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
The success of tissue engineering will rely on the ability to generate complex, cell seeded
three-dimensional (3D) structures. Therefore, methods that can be used to precisely …

Current trends in the design of scaffolds for computer-aided tissue engineering

SM Giannitelli, D Accoto, M Trombetta, A Rainer - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Advances introduced by additive manufacturing have significantly improved the ability to
tailor scaffold architecture, enhancing the control over microstructural features. This has led …

Auxetic cardiac patches with tunable mechanical and conductive properties toward treating myocardial infarction

M Kapnisi, C Mansfield, C Marijon… - Advanced functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An auxetic conductive cardiac patch (AuxCP) for the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) is
introduced. The auxetic design gives the patch a negative Poisson's ratio, providing it with …

Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS): A review

R Rai, M Tallawi, A Grigore, AR Boccaccini - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) is a biodegradable polymer increasingly used in a variety of
biomedical applications. This polyester is prepared by polycondensation of glycerol and …

3D bioprinting for vascularized tissue fabrication

D Richards, J Jia, M Yost, R Markwald… - Annals of biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract 3D bioprinting holds remarkable promise for rapid fabrication of 3D tissue
engineering constructs. Given its scalability, reproducibility, and precise multi-dimensional …

Biomaterials in myocardial tissue engineering

LA Reis, LLY Chiu, N Feric, L Fu… - Journal of tissue …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world, and as such
there is a pressing need for treatment options. Cardiac tissue engineering emerged from the …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of scalable and structured tissue engineering scaffolds using water dissolvable sacrificial 3D printed moulds

S Mohanty, LB Larsen, J Trifol, P Szabo… - Materials science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in producing large scale engineered tissue is the lack of ability
to create large highly perfused scaffolds in which cells can grow at a high cell density and …