Electrospinning versus microfluidic spinning of functional fibers for biomedical applications

J Cheng, Y Jun, J Qin, SH Lee - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Micro-or nanofiber-based materials have extensive applications in biomedical fields due to
their capability to mimic many aspects of physiological microenvironment in vivo. Fabricating …

Extrusion and microfluidic‐based bioprinting to fabricate biomimetic tissues and organs

E Davoodi, E Sarikhani, H Montazerian… - Advanced materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Next generation engineered tissue constructs with complex and ordered architectures aim to
better mimic the native tissue structures, largely due to advances in 3D bioprinting …

Fiber-based tissue engineering: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

A Tamayol, M Akbari, N Annabi, A Paul… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering aims to improve the function of diseased or damaged organs by creating
biological substitutes. To fabricate a functional tissue, the engineered construct should …

Cell encapsulation via microtechnologies

AR Kang, JS Park, J Ju, GS Jeong, SH Lee - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
The encapsulation of living cells in a variety of soft polymers or hydrogels is important,
particularly, for the rehabilitation of functional tissues capable of repairing or replacing …

Bioinspired multicompartmental microfibers from microfluidics.

Y Cheng, F Zheng, J Lu, L Shang, Z Xie… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2014 - europepmc.org
Bioinspired multicompartmental microfibers are generated by novel capillary microfluidics.
The resultant microfibers possess multicompartment body-and-shell compositions with …

Fiber‐based mini tissue with morphology‐controllable GelMA microfibers

L Shao, Q Gao, H Zhao, C Xie, J Fu, Z Liu, M Xiang… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of microscale fibers could facilitate nutrient diffusion in fiber‐based tissue
engineering and improve cell survival. However, in order to build a functional mini tissue …

Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanoparticles and vesicular systems for nanomedicine applications

L Capretto, D Carugo, S Mazzitelli, C Nastruzzi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, advancements in the fields of microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip technologies
have provided unique opportunities for the implementation of nanomaterial production …

Microfluidic strategies for design and assembly of microfibers and nanofibers with tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications

MA Daniele, DA Boyd, AA Adams… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fiber‐based materials provide critical capabilities for biomedical applications. Microfluidic
fiber fabrication has recently emerged as a very promising route to the synthesis of …

Microfluidic synthesis of chemically and physically anisotropic hydrogel microfibers for guided cell growth and networking

M Yamada, S Sugaya, Y Naganuma, M Seki - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel materials with microscale heterogeneity are of great interest in the effort to spatially
control cellular microenvironments in tissue engineering applications. Here we present a …

Advances of microfluidics in biomedical engineering

Q Zhong, H Ding, B Gao, Z He… - Advanced materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As an enabling technique, microfluidic systems have developed rapidly in recent years to
emerge as a powerful tool in the field of biomedical engineering. Microfluidics enables …