The re-creation of physiological cellular microenvironments that truly resemble complex in
vivo architectures is the key aspect in the development of advanced in vitro organotypic …

Auxetic materials are known for their unique ability to expand/contract in multiple directions
when stretched/compressed. In other words, they exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio, which is …

Moldable hydrogels are increasingly used as injectable or extrudable materials in
biomedical and industrial applications owing to their ability to flow under applied stress …

Microgel assembly as void‐forming bioinks in 3D bioprinting has evidenced recent success
with a highlighted scaffolding performance of these bottom‐up biomaterial systems in …

Polymer hydrogels, water-laden 3D cross-linked networks, find broad application as
advanced biomaterials and functional materials because of their biocompatibility, stimuli …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), as a polymer material with excellent mechanical properties
and flexibility, is widely used in flexible wearable devices, soft robots and other fields …

Hydrostatic pressure (HP) and osmotic stress (OS) play an important role in various
biological processes, such as cell proliferation and differentiation. In contrast to canonical …

Advances in additive manufacturing are leading to the emergence of new printable
applications, including sensors for healthcare monitoring and bioengineering scaffolds …

Recreating the intricate mechanical and functional gradients found in natural tissues through
additive manufacturing poses significant challenges, including the need for precise control …

Abstract Organ-on-a-chip (OoC) is a class of microfluidic devices for the modeling of organs
and organ systems. Such systems can be used for disease or drug testing models with high …