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4D Printing of a Bioinspired Microneedle Array with Backward‐Facing Barbs for Enhanced Tissue Adhesion
Daehoon Han,Riddish S. Morde,Stefano Mariani,Antonino A. La Mattina,Emanuele Vignali,Chen Yang,Giuseppe Barillaro,Howon Lee +7 more
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Improved tissue adhesion of the bioinspired MN allows for more stable and robust performance for drug delivery, biofluid collection, and biosensing.About:
This article is published in Advanced Functional Materials.The article was published on 2020-03-01. It has received 143 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tissue Adhesion.read more
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Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications
Qi Ge,Zhiqin Li,Zhaolong Wang,Kavin Kowsari,Wang Zhang,Xiangnan He,Jianlin Zhou,Nicholas X. Fang +7 more
TL;DR: This review paper summarizes a few typical applications of P μSL including mechanical metamaterials, optical components, 4D printing, bioinspired materials and biomedical applications, and offers perspectives on the directions of the further development of PμSL based 3D printing technology.
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Vat photopolymerization 3D printing for advanced drug delivery and medical device applications
Xiaoyan Xu,Atheer Awad,Pamela Robles-Martinez,Simon Gaisford,Alvaro Goyanes,Alvaro Goyanes,Alvaro Goyanes,Abdul Basit,Abdul Basit +8 more
TL;DR: An overview of the vat polymerization techniques, their unique applications in the fields of drug delivery and medical device fabrication, material examples and the advantages they provide within healthcare, is provided.
Composite Dissolving Microneedles for Coordinated Control of Antigen and Adjuvant Delivery Kinetics in Transcutaneous Vaccination
Peter C. DeMuth,Wilfredo F. Garcia-Beltran,Michelle Lim Ai-Ling,Paula T. Hammond,Darrell J. Irvine +4 more
TL;DR: In comparison to traditional needle‐based vaccination, microneedle delivery gives improved cellular immunity and equivalent generation of serum antibodies, suggesting the potential of this approach for vaccine delivery.
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Microneedle for transdermal drug delivery: current trends and fabrication
Jae Hwan Jung,Sung Giu Jin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the types of microneedles and their design, materials used for fabrication, and manufacturing methods, as well as recent biological applications and clinical trials are introduced.
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Recent advances in transdermal drug delivery systems: a review.
TL;DR: Transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) represents the most attractive method among these because of its low rejection rate, excellent ease of administration, and superb convenience and persistence among patients as mentioned in this paper.
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