4D printing: Fundamentals, materials, applications and challenges

A Ahmed, S Arya, V Gupta, H Furukawa, A Khosla - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D printing refers to single-material or multi-material printing of a device or object
that can be transformed from a 1D strand into pre-programed 3D shape, from a 2D surface …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional GelMA platforms with nanomaterials for advanced tissue therapeutics

AG Kurian, RK Singh, KD Patel, JH Lee, HW Kim - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymeric hydrogels are fascinating platforms as 3D scaffolds for tissue repair and delivery
systems of therapeutic molecules and cells. Among others, methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) …

Modification, 3D printing process and application of sodium alginate based hydrogels in soft tissue engineering: A review

Q Wei, J Zhou, Y An, M Li, J Zhang, S Yang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sodium alginate (SA) is an inexpensive and biocompatible biomaterial with fast and gentle
crosslinking that has been widely used in biological soft tissue repair/regeneration …

[HTML][HTML] 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Zolfagharian… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D bioprinting is the next-generation additive manufacturing-based fabrication
platform employed to construct intricate, adaptive, and dynamic soft and hard tissue …

Decellularized extracellular matrix-based bioinks for engineering tissue-and organ-specific microenvironments

BS Kim, S Das, J Jang, DW Cho - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomaterials-based biofabrication methods have gained much attention in recent years.
Among them, 3D cell printing is a pioneering technology to facilitate the recapitulation of …

Natural hydrogel-based bio-inks for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering: a review

A Fatimi, OV Okoro, D Podstawczyk, J Siminska-Stanny… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is well acknowledged to constitute an important technology
in tissue engineering, largely due to the increasing global demand for organ replacement …

Hydrogel-based 3D bioprinting: A comprehensive review on cell-laden hydrogels, bioink formulations, and future perspectives

JM Unagolla, AC Jayasuriya - Applied materials today, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogel plays a vital role in cell-laden three dimensional (3D) bioprinting, whereas those
hydrogels mimic the physical and biochemical characteristics of native extracellular matrix …