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In Vitro 3D Modeling of Neurodegenerative Diseases. BIOENGINEERING (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:bioengineering10010093. [PMID: 36671665 PMCID: PMC9855033 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10010093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The study of neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is very complex due to the difficulty in investigating the cellular dynamics within nervous tissue. Despite numerous advances in the in vivo study of these diseases, the use of in vitro analyses is proving to be a valuable tool to better understand the mechanisms implicated in these diseases. Although neural cells remain difficult to obtain from patient tissues, access to induced multipotent stem cell production now makes it possible to generate virtually all neural cells involved in these diseases (from neurons to glial cells). Many original 3D culture model approaches are currently being developed (using these different cell types together) to closely mimic degenerative nervous tissue environments. The aim of these approaches is to allow an interaction between glial cells and neurons, which reproduces pathophysiological reality by co-culturing them in structures that recapitulate embryonic development or facilitate axonal migration, local molecule exchange, and myelination (to name a few). This review details the advantages and disadvantages of techniques using scaffolds, spheroids, organoids, 3D bioprinting, microfluidic systems, and organ-on-a-chip strategies to model neurodegenerative diseases.
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Politakos N. Block Copolymers in 3D/4D Printing: Advances and Applications as Biomaterials. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15020322. [PMID: 36679203 PMCID: PMC9864278 DOI: 10.3390/polym15020322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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3D printing is a manufacturing technique in constant evolution. Day by day, new materials and methods are discovered, making 3D printing continually develop. 3D printers are also evolving, giving us objects with better resolution, faster, and in mass production. One of the areas in 3D printing that has excellent potential is 4D printing. It is a technique involving materials that can react to an environmental stimulus (pH, heat, magnetism, humidity, electricity, and light), causing an alteration in their physical or chemical state and performing another function. Lately, 3D/4D printing has been increasingly used for fabricating materials aiming at drug delivery, scaffolds, bioinks, tissue engineering (soft and hard), synthetic organs, and even printed cells. The majority of the materials used in 3D printing are polymeric. These materials can be of natural origin or synthetic ones of different architectures and combinations. The use of block copolymers can combine the exemplary properties of both blocks to have better mechanics, processability, biocompatibility, and possible stimulus behavior via tunable structures. This review has gathered fundamental aspects of 3D/4D printing for biomaterials, and it shows the advances and applications of block copolymers in the field of biomaterials over the last years.
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- Nikolaos Politakos
- POLYMAT, Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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Thermal, Mechanical and Biocompatibility Analyses of Photochemically Polymerized PEGDA250 for Photopolymerization-Based Manufacturing Processes. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14030628. [PMID: 35336002 PMCID: PMC8951438 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14030628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Novel fabrication techniques based on photopolymerization enable the preparation of complex multi-material constructs for biomedical applications. This requires an understanding of the influence of the used reaction components on the properties of the generated copolymers. The identification of fundamental characteristics of these copolymers is necessary to evaluate their potential for biomaterial applications. Additionally, knowledge of the properties of the starting materials enables subsequent tailoring of the biomaterials to meet individual implantation needs. In our study, we have analyzed the biological, chemical, mechanical and thermal properties of photopolymerized poly(ethyleneglycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) and specific copolymers with different photoinitiator (PI) concentrations before and after applying a post treatment washing process. As comonomers, 1,3-butanediol diacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate were used. The in vitro studies confirm the biocompatibility of all investigated copolymers. Uniaxial tensile tests show significantly lower tensile strength (82% decrease) and elongation at break (76% decrease) values for washed samples. Altered tensile strength is also observed for different PI concentrations: on average, 6.2 MPa for 1.25% PI and 3.1 MPa for 0.5% PI. The addition of comonomers lowers elongation at break on average by 45%. Moreover, our observations show glass transition temperatures (Tg) ranging from 27 °C to 56 °C, which significantly increase with higher comonomer content. These results confirm the ability to generate biocompatible PEGDA copolymers with specific thermal and mechanical properties. These can be considered as resins for various additive manufacturing-based applications to obtain personalized medical devices, such as drug delivery systems (DDS). Therefore, our study has advanced the understanding of PEGDA multi-materials and will contribute to the future development of tools ensuring safe and effective individual therapy for patients.
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Gonçalves FAMM, Fonseca A, Cordeiro R, Piedade A, Faneca H, Serra A, Coelho JFJ. Fabrication of 3D scaffolds based on fully biobased unsaturated polyester resins by microstereo-lithography. Biomed Mater 2022; 17. [PMID: 35026736 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ac4b46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are an effective route to fabricate tailor made scaffolds for tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine with microstereo-lithography (µSLA) being one of the most promising techniques to produce high quality 3D structures. Here, we report the crosslinking studies of fully biobased unsaturated polyesters (UPs) with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as the unsaturated monomer (UM), using thermal and µSLA crosslinking processes. The resulting resins were fully characterized in terms of their thermal and mechanical properties. Determination of gel content, water contact angle (WCA), topography and morphology analysis by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were also performed. The results show that the developed unsaturated polyester resins (UPRs) have promising properties for µSLA. In vitro cytotoxicity assays performed with 3T3-L1 cell lines showed that the untreated scaffolds exhibited a maximum cellular viability around 60 %, which was attributed to the acidic nature of the UPRs. The treatment of the UPRs and scaffolds with ethanol (EtOH) improved the cellular viability to 100%. The data presented in this manuscript contribute to improve the performance of biobased unsaturated polyesters in additive manufacturing.
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- Filipa A M M Gonçalves
- Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Rua Sílvio Lima-PóloII, Coimbra, Coimbra, 3030-790, PORTUGAL
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- Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Rua Sílvio Lima-PóloII, Coimbra, Coimbra, 3030-790, PORTUGAL
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rua Larga - Faculdade de Medicina, Coimbra, 3004-504 , PORTUGAL
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- Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra Faculty of Sciences and Technology, R. Luis Reis dos Santos, Coimbra, Coimbra, 3030-194, PORTUGAL
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rua Larga - Faculdade de Medicina, Coimbra, 3004-504, PORTUGAL
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- Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Rua Sílvio Lima-PóloII, Coimbra, Coimbra, 3030-790, PORTUGAL
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Three-Dimensional Printing of Hydroxyapatite Composites for Biomedical Application. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst11040353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hydroxyapatite (HA) and HA-based nanocomposites have been recognized as ideal biomaterials in hard tissue engineering because of their compositional similarity to bioapatite. However, the traditional HA-based nanocomposites fabrication techniques still limit the utilization of HA in bone, cartilage, dental, applications, and other fields. In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) printing has been shown to provide a fast, precise, controllable, and scalable fabrication approach for the synthesis of HA-based scaffolds. This review therefore explores available 3D printing technologies for the preparation of porous HA-based nanocomposites. In the present review, different 3D printed HA-based scaffolds composited with natural polymers and/or synthetic polymers are discussed. Furthermore, the desired properties of HA-based composites via 3D printing such as porosity, mechanical properties, biodegradability, and antibacterial properties are extensively explored. Lastly, the applications and the next generation of HA-based nanocomposites for tissue engineering are discussed.
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Cui X, Li J, Hartanto Y, Durham M, Tang J, Zhang H, Hooper G, Lim K, Woodfield T. Advances in Extrusion 3D Bioprinting: A Focus on Multicomponent Hydrogel-Based Bioinks. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e1901648. [PMID: 32352649 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201901648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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3D bioprinting involves the combination of 3D printing technologies with cells, growth factors and biomaterials, and has been considered as one of the most advanced tools for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM). However, despite multiple breakthroughs, it is evident that numerous challenges need to be overcome before 3D bioprinting will eventually become a clinical solution for a variety of TERM applications. To produce a 3D structure that is biologically functional, cell-laden bioinks must be optimized to meet certain key characteristics including rheological properties, physico-mechanical properties, and biofunctionality; a difficult task for a single component bioink especially for extrusion based bioprinting. As such, more recent research has been centred on multicomponent bioinks consisting of a combination of two or more biomaterials to improve printability, shape fidelity and biofunctionality. In this article, multicomponent hydrogel-based bioink systems are systemically reviewed based on the inherent nature of the bioink (natural or synthetic hydrogels), including the most current examples demonstrating properties and advances in application of multicomponent bioinks, specifically for extrusion based 3D bioprinting. This review article will assist researchers in the field in identifying the most suitable bioink based on their requirements, as well as pinpointing current unmet challenges in the field.
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- Xiaolin Cui
- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
- Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
- Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
- Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
- Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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Le Guéhennec L, Van Hede D, Plougonven E, Nolens G, Verlée B, De Pauw MC, Lambert F. In vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of calcium-phosphate scaffolds three-dimensional printed by stereolithography for bone regeneration. J Biomed Mater Res A 2019; 108:412-425. [PMID: 31654476 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stereolithography (SLA) is an interesting manufacturing technology to overcome limitations of commercially available particulated biomaterials dedicated to intra-oral bone regeneration applications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility and osteoinductive properties of two calcium-phosphate (CaP)-based scaffolds manufactured by SLA three-dimensional (3D) printing. Pellets and macro-porous scaffolds were manufactured in pure hydroxyapatite (HA) and in biphasic CaP (HA:60-TCP:40). Physico-chemical characterization was performed using micro X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical interferometry, and microtomography (μCT) analyses. Osteoblast-like MG-63 cells were used to evaluate the biocompatibility of the pellets in vitro with MTS assay and the cell morphology and growth characterized by SEM and DAPI-actin staining showed similar early behavior. For in vivo biocompatibility, newly formed bone and biodegradability of the experimental scaffolds were evaluated in a subperiosteal cranial rat model using μCT and descriptive histology. The histological analysis has not indicated evidences of inflammation but highlighted close contacts between newly formed bone and the experimental biomaterials revealing an excellent scaffold osseointegration. This study emphasizes the relevance of SLA 3D printing of CaP-based biomaterials for intra-oral bone regeneration even if manufacturing accuracy has to be improved and further experiments using biomimetic scaffolds should be conducted.
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- Laurent Le Guéhennec
- Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Nantes, France.,Department of Preclinical Biomedical Sciences, Mammalian Cell Culture Laboratory, GIGA-R, Faculty of Medicine, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Periodontology and Oral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Namur, Belgium
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- Sirris, Additive Manufacturing Department, Seraing, Belgium
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- Department of Preclinical Biomedical Sciences, Mammalian Cell Culture Laboratory, GIGA-R, Faculty of Medicine, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Periodontology and Oral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Liège, Belgium
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Zafar MJ, Zhu D, Zhang Z. 3D Printing of Bioceramics for Bone Tissue Engineering. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E3361. [PMID: 31618857 PMCID: PMC6829398 DOI: 10.3390/ma12203361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bioceramics have frequent use in functional restoration of hard tissues to improve human well-being. Additive manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing is an innovative material processing technique extensively applied to produce bioceramic parts or scaffolds in a layered perspicacious manner. Moreover, the applications of additive manufacturing in bioceramics have the capability to reliably fabricate the commercialized scaffolds tailored for practical clinical applications, and the potential to survive in the new era of effective hard tissue fabrication. The similarity of the materials with human bone histomorphometry makes them conducive to use in hard tissue engineering scheme. The key objective of this manuscript is to explore the applications of bioceramics-based AM in bone tissue engineering. Furthermore, the article comprehensively and categorically summarizes some novel bioceramics based AM techniques for the restoration of bones. At prior stages of this article, different ceramics processing AM techniques have been categorized, subsequently, processing of frequently used materials for bone implants and complexities associated with these materials have been elaborated. At the end, some novel applications of bioceramics in orthopedic implants and some future directions are also highlighted to explore it further. This review article will help the new researchers to understand the basic mechanism and current challenges in neophyte techniques and the applications of bioceramics in the orthopedic prosthesis.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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Guerra AJ, Lara-Padilla H, Becker ML, Rodriguez CA, Dean D. Photopolymerizable Resins for 3D-Printing Solid-Cured Tissue Engineered Implants. Curr Drug Targets 2019; 20:823-838. [DOI: 10.2174/1389450120666190114122815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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With the advent of inexpensive and highly accurate 3D printing devices, a tremendous flurry
of research activity has been unleashed into new resorbable, polymeric materials that can be printed using
three approaches: hydrogels for bioprinting and bioplotting, sintered polymer powders, and solid cured
(photocrosslinked) resins. Additionally, there is a race to understand the role of extracellular matrix components
and cell signalling molecules and to fashion ways to incorporate these materials into resorbable
implants. These chimeric materials along with microfluidic devices to study organs or create labs on
chips, are all receiving intense attention despite the limited number of polymer systems that can accommodate
the biofabrication processes necessary to render these constructs. Perhaps most telling is the limited
number of photo-crosslinkable, resorbable polymers and fabrication additives (e.g., photoinitiators,
solvents, dyes, dispersants, emulsifiers, or bioactive molecules such as micro-RNAs, peptides, proteins,
exosomes, micelles, or ceramic crystals) available to create resins that have been validated as biocompatible.
Advances are needed to manipulate 4D properties of 3D printed scaffolds such as pre-implantation
cell culture, mechanical properties, resorption kinetics, drug delivery, scaffold surface functionalization,
cell attachment, cell proliferation, cell maturation, or tissue remodelling; all of which are necessary for
regenerative medicine applications along with expanding the small set of materials in clinical use. This
manuscript presents a review of the foundation of the most common photopolymerizable resins for solidcured
scaffolds and medical devices, namely, polyethylene glycol (PEG), poly(D, L-lactide) (PDLLA),
poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL), and poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF), along with methodological advances
for 3D Printing tissue engineered implants (e.g., via stereolithography [SLA], continuous Digital Light
Processing [cDLP], and Liquid Crystal Display [LCD]).
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- Antonio J. Guerra
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, United States
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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Prasad A, Kandasubramanian B. Fused deposition processing polycaprolactone of composites for biomedical applications. POLYM-PLAST TECH MAT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/25740881.2018.1563117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Arya Prasad
- Institute of Plastics Technology, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Rapid Prototyping Lab, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune, India
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van Bochove B, Grijpma DW. Photo-crosslinked synthetic biodegradable polymer networks for biomedical applications. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2019; 30:77-106. [DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2018.1553105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Bas van Bochove
- Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, W. J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Manapat JZ, Mangadlao JD, Tiu BDB, Tritchler GC, Advincula RC. High-Strength Stereolithographic 3D Printed Nanocomposites: Graphene Oxide Metastability. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:10085-10093. [PMID: 28230346 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
The weak thermomechanical properties of commercial 3D printing plastics have limited the technology's application mainly to rapid prototyping. In this report, we demonstrate a simple approach that takes advantage of the metastable, temperature-dependent structure of graphene oxide (GO) to enhance the mechanical properties of conventional 3D-printed resins produced by stereolithography (SLA). A commercially available SLA resin was reinforced with minimal amounts of GO nanofillers and thermally annealed at 50 and 100 °C for 12 h. Tensile tests revealed increasing strength and modulus at an annealing temperature of 100 °C, with the highest tensile strength increase recorded at 673.6% (for 1 wt % GO). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) also showed increasing thermal stability with increasing annealing temperature. The drastic enhancement in mechanical properties, which is seen to this degree in 3D-printed samples reported in literature, is attributed to the metastable structure of GO, polymer-nanofiller cross-linking via acid-catalyzed esterification, and removal of intercalated water, thus improving filler-matrix interaction as evidenced by spectroscopy and microscopy analyses.
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- Jill Z Manapat
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines , Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Three-dimensional (3D) printing is becoming an increasingly common technique to fabricate scaffolds and devices for tissue engineering applications. This is due to the potential of 3D printing to provide patient-specific designs, high structural complexity, rapid on-demand fabrication at a low-cost. One of the major bottlenecks that limits the widespread acceptance of 3D printing in biomanufacturing is the lack of diversity in "biomaterial inks". Printability of a biomaterial is determined by the printing technique. Although a wide range of biomaterial inks including polymers, ceramics, hydrogels and composites have been developed, the field is still struggling with processing of these materials into self-supporting devices with tunable mechanics, degradation, and bioactivity. This review aims to highlight the past and recent advances in biomaterial ink development and design considerations moving forward. A brief overview of 3D printing technologies focusing on ink design parameters is also included.
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- Murat Guvendiren
- New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Laboratório de Biomateriais Poliméricos (Poli-Bio), Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçaves, 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Ben Said A, Guinot C, Ruiz JC, Grandjean A, Dole P, Joly C, Chalamet Y. Supercritical CO2 extraction of contaminants from polypropylene intended for food contact: Effects of contaminant molecular structure and processing parameters. J Supercrit Fluids 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Skoog SA, Goering PL, Narayan RJ. Stereolithography in tissue engineering. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2014; 25:845-856. [PMID: 24306145 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-5107-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Several recent research efforts have focused on use of computer-aided additive fabrication technologies, commonly referred to as additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, solid freeform fabrication, or three-dimensional printing technologies, to create structures for tissue engineering. For example, scaffolds for tissue engineering may be processed using rapid prototyping technologies, which serve as matrices for cell ingrowth, vascularization, as well as transport of nutrients and waste. Stereolithography is a photopolymerization-based rapid prototyping technology that involves computer-driven and spatially controlled irradiation of liquid resin. This technology enables structures with precise microscale features to be prepared directly from a computer model. In this review, use of stereolithography for processing trimethylene carbonate, polycaprolactone, and poly(D,L-lactide) poly(propylene fumarate)-based materials is considered. In addition, incorporation of bioceramic fillers for fabrication of bioceramic scaffolds is reviewed. Use of stereolithography for processing of patient-specific implantable scaffolds is also discussed. In addition, use of photopolymerization-based rapid prototyping technology, known as two-photon polymerization, for production of tissue engineering scaffolds with smaller features than conventional stereolithography technology is considered.
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- Shelby A Skoog
- Division of Biology, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMEDICAL POLYMER MATERIALS FABRICATED BY 3-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. ACTA POLYM SIN 2013. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1105.2013.12430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kim K, Yeatts A, Dean D, Fisher JP. Stereolithographic bone scaffold design parameters: osteogenic differentiation and signal expression. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2011; 16:523-39. [PMID: 20504065 DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Scaffold design parameters including porosity, pore size, interconnectivity, and mechanical properties have a significant influence on osteogenic signal expression and differentiation. This review evaluates the influence of each of these parameters and then discusses the ability of stereolithography (SLA) to be used to tailor scaffold design to optimize these parameters. Scaffold porosity and pore size affect osteogenic cell signaling and ultimately in vivo bone tissue growth. Alternatively, scaffold interconnectivity has a great influence on in vivo bone growth but little work has been done to determine if interconnectivity causes changes in signaling levels. Osteogenic cell signaling could be also influenced by scaffold mechanical properties such as scaffold rigidity and dynamic relationships between the cells and their extracellular matrix. With knowledge of the effects of these parameters on cellular functions, an optimal tissue engineering scaffold can be designed, but a proper technology must exist to produce this design to specification in a repeatable manner. SLA has been shown to be capable of fabricating scaffolds with controlled architecture and micrometer-level resolution. Surgical implantation of these scaffolds is a promising clinical treatment for successful bone regeneration. By applying knowledge of how scaffold parameters influence osteogenic cell signaling to scaffold manufacturing using SLA, tissue engineers may move closer to creating the optimal tissue engineering scaffold.
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- Kyobum Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Arcaute K, Mann BK, Wicker RB. Fabrication of Off-the-Shelf Multilumen Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Nerve Guidance Conduits Using Stereolithography. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2011; 17:27-38. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Karina Arcaute
- W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, College of Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, College of Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
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Arcaute K, Mann B, Wicker R. Stereolithography of spatially controlled multi-material bioactive poly(ethylene glycol) scaffolds. Acta Biomater 2010; 6:1047-54. [PMID: 19683602 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 08/08/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Challenges remain in tissue engineering to control the spatial, mechanical, temporal and biochemical architectures of scaffolds. Unique capabilities of stereolithography (SL) for fabricating multi-material spatially controlled bioactive scaffolds were explored in this work. To accomplish multi-material builds, a mini-vat setup was designed allowing for self-aligning X-Y registration during fabrication. The mini-vat setup allowed the part to be easily removed and rinsed, and different photocrosslinkable solutions to be easily removed and added to the vat. Two photocrosslinkable hydrogel biopolymers, poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate (PEG-dma, MW 1000) and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEG-da, MW 3400), were used as the primary scaffold materials. Multi-material scaffolds were fabricated by including controlled concentrations of fluorescently labeled dextran, fluorescently labeled bioactive PEG or bioactive PEG in different regions of the scaffold. The presence of the fluorescent component in specific regions of the scaffold was analyzed with fluorescent microscopy, while human dermal fibroblast cells were seeded on top of the fabricated scaffolds with selective bioactivity and phase contrast microscopy images were used to show specific localization of cells in the regions patterned with bioactive PEG. Multi-material spatial control was successfully demonstrated in features down to 500 microm. In addition, the equilibrium swelling behavior of the two biopolymers after SL fabrication was determined and used to design constructs with the specified dimensions at the swollen state. The use of multi-material SL and the relative ease of conjugating different bioactive ligands or growth factors to PEG allows for the fabrication of tailored three-dimensional constructs with specified spatially controlled bioactivity.
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- Karina Arcaute
- University of Texas at El Paso, W.M. Keck Center for 3-D Innovation, 500 W. University Ave., Engineering Building, Rm. 108, El Paso, TX 79968-0521, USA.
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