Additive manufacturing: technology, applications and research needs

N Guo, MC Leu - Frontiers of mechanical engineering, 2013 - Springer
Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for more than
20 years. Rather than removing materials, AM processes make three-dimensional parts …

A review of trends and limitations in hydrogel-rapid prototyping for tissue engineering

T Billiet, M Vandenhaute, J Schelfhout… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
The combined potential of hydrogels and rapid prototyping technologies has been an
exciting route in developing tissue engineering scaffolds for the past decade. Hydrogels …

Degradable natural polymer hydrogels for articular cartilage tissue engineering

W Zhao, X Jin, Y Cong, Y Liu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Articular cartilage has poor ability to heal once damaged. Tissue engineering with scaffolds
of polymer hydrogels is promising for cartilage regeneration and repair. Polymer hydrogels …

A strong, tough, and osteoconductive hydroxyapatite mineralized polyacrylamide/dextran hydrogel for bone tissue regeneration

J Fang, P Li, X Lu, L Fang, X Lü, F Ren - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The design of hydrogels with adequate mechanical properties and excellent bioactivity,
osteoconductivity, and capacity for osseointegration is essential to bone repair and …

Thermoresponsive hydrogels in biomedical applications

L Klouda, AG Mikos - European journal of pharmaceutics and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Environmentally responsive hydrogels have the ability to turn from solution to gel when a
specific stimulus is applied. Thermoresponsive hydrogels utilize temperature change as the …

Fibrin: a versatile scaffold for tissue engineering applications

TAE Ahmed, EV Dare, M Hincke - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Tissue engineering combines cell and molecular biology with materials and mechanical
engineering to replace damaged or diseased organs and tissues. Fibrin is a critical blood …

Comparison of proliferative and multilineage differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord and bone marrow

D Baksh, R Yao, RS Tuan - Stem cells, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Human umbilical cord perivascular cells (HUCPVCs) have been shown to have a high
proliferative potential and the capacity to differentiate into an osteogenic phenotype …

A review of process development steps for new material systems in three dimensional printing (3DP)

B Utela, D Storti, R Anderson, M Ganter - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2008 - Elsevier
Three dimensional printing (3DP) is a method for direct digital manufacturing that provides
capabilities for creating a wide range of part geometries (including internal channels) in a …

Characterization of thermoplastic polyurethane/polylactic acid (TPU/PLA) tissue engineering scaffolds fabricated by microcellular injection molding

HY Mi, MR Salick, X Jing, BR Jacques… - Materials Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) are two kinds of biocompatible
and biodegradable polymers that can be used in biomedical applications. PLA has rigid …

Functional thermoresponsive hydrogel molecule to material design for biomedical applications

S Pardeshi, F Damiri, M Zehravi, R Joshi, H Kapare… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Temperature-induced, rapid changes in the viscosity and reproducible 3-D structure
formation makes thermos-sensitive hydrogels an ideal delivery system to act as a cell …