[HTML][HTML] Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels: Cutting-edge platforms for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, L Hamabe, A Abugomaa… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

Hydrogel microparticles for biomedical applications

AC Daly, L Riley, T Segura, JA Burdick - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are promising for biomedical applications, ranging from the
therapeutic delivery of cells and drugs to the production of scaffolds for tissue repair and …

Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G Jin… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

The bioink: A comprehensive review on bioprintable materials

M Hospodiuk, M Dey, D Sosnoski, IT Ozbolat - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper discusses “bioink”, bioprintable materials used in three dimensional (3D)
bioprinting processes, where cells and other biologics are deposited in a spatially controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Multimaterial 3D printing of self-assembling smart thermo-responsive polymers into 4D printed objects: A review

M Shahbazi, H Jäger, R Ettelaie, A Mohammadi… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) printing and its extension four-dimensional (4D)
printing technique show great promise for advanced additive manufacturing of functional …

[HTML][HTML] Microgel assembly: Fabrication, characteristics and application in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Q Feng, D Li, Q Li, X Cao, H Dong - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Microgel assembly, a macroscopic aggregate formed by bottom-up assembly of microgels, is
now emerging as prospective biomaterials for applications in tissue engineering and …

3D printing of scaffolds for tissue regeneration applications

AV Do, B Khorsand, SM Geary… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The current need for organ and tissue replacement, repair, and regeneration for patients is
continually growing such that supply is not meeting demand primarily due to a paucity of …

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 …

Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots

M Sitti, H Ceylan, W Hu, J Giltinan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Untethered robots miniaturized to the length scale of millimeter and below attract growing
attention for the prospect of transforming many aspects of health care and bioengineering …

3D bioprinting for drug discovery and development in pharmaceutics

W Peng, P Datta, B Ayan, V Ozbolat, D Sosnoski… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Successful launch of a commercial drug requires significant investment of time and financial
resources wherein late-stage failures become a reason for catastrophic failures in drug …