Shoufeng Yang

TL;DR: The authors analyze the factors necessary to enhance the design and manufacture of scaffolds for use in tissue engineering in terms of materials, structure, and mechanical properties and review the traditional scaffold fabrication methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, 3D micro-AM processes have been classified into three main groups, including scalable micro-am systems, 3D direct writing, and hybrid processes, and the key processes are reviewed comprehensively.

TL;DR: The authors review the application and advancement of rapid prototyping (RP) techniques in the design and creation of synthetic scaffolds for use in TE and the advantages and benefits, and limitations and shortcomings of current RP techniques as well as the future direction of RP development in TE scaffold fabrication.

TL;DR: Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional (3D) printing or rapid prototyping, has been introduced since the late 1980s as discussed by the authors, and a considerable amount of progress has been made in this field.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors give an overview on the current state of the art of multiple material AM technologies and their practical applications, and the advantages and disadvantages of each process, recent progress, challenging technological obstacles, the possible strategies to overcome these barriers, and future trends are also discussed.