Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototy**”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Hydrogels are highly water-swollen molecular networks that are ideal platforms to create
tissue mimetics owing to their vast and tunable properties. As such, hydrogels are promising …

Synthetic hydrogels with engineered, cell-mediated degradation sites are an important
category of biomimetic materials. Here, hydrogels are synthesized by a step-growth reaction …

Harnessing light for cross-linking of photoresponsive materials has revolutionized the field of
3D printing. A wide variety of techniques leveraging broad-spectrum light sha** have …

The high mechanical strength and long-term resistance to the fibrous capsule formation are
two major challenges for implantable materials. Unfortunately, these two distinct properties …

Hydrogels are increasingly employed as multidimensional cell culture platforms often with a
necessity that they respond to or control the cellular environment. Specifically, synthetic …

Degradable hydrogels have been extensively used in biomedical applications such as drug
delivery, and recent interest has grown in hydrogels that degrade in recognition of a cellular …

New PEG-based hydrogel materials have been synthesized by Click chemistry and shown
to result in well-defined networks having significantly improved mechanical properties; the …

The need for robust and responsive hydrogels in numerous pharmaceutical, biomedical,
and industrial applications has motivated intense research efforts in these important …