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4D printing of polymeric materials for tissue and organ regeneration

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The criteria of 4D printing is established, followed by an extensive summary of state-of-the-art technological advances in the field, and the applications of4D printing in tissue and organ regeneration are explored, including developing synthetic tissues and implantable scaffolds.
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This article is published in Materials Today.The article was published on 2017-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 258 citations till now.

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Progress in 3D bioprinting technology for tissue/organ regenerative engineering

TL;DR: This review outlines recent progress in several bioprinting technologies used to engineer scaffolds with requisite mechanical, structural, and biological complexity and examines the process parameters affecting biop printing and bioink-biomaterials and concludes with the future perspective of biopprinting technology.
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3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

TL;DR: A review of hydrogel-based biomaterial inks and bioinks for 3D printing can be found in this paper, where the authors provide a comprehensive overview and discussion of the tailorability of material, mechanical, physical, chemical and biological properties.
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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based Smart Hydrogels: Design, Properties and Applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an up-to-date account on the recent developments in advanced functional PNIPAM-based smart hydrogels and their emerging technological applications in the fields of smart actuators, photonic crystals, smart windows and novel biomedical applications.
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Photopolymerizable Biomaterials and Light-Based 3D Printing Strategies for Biomedical Applications.

TL;DR: The development of biomaterials suited for light-based 3D printing modalities with an emphasis on bioprinting applications are reviewed and the chemical mechanisms that govern photopolymerization are discussed.
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3D bioprinting of tissues and organs

TL;DR: 3D bioprinting is being applied to regenerative medicine to address the need for tissues and organs suitable for transplantation and developing high-throughput 3D-bioprinted tissue models for research, drug discovery and toxicology.
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Shape memory polymers

TL;DR: A very broad, additional spectrum of possible applications for intelligent polymers that covers an area from minimally invasive surgery, through high-performance textiles, up to self-repairing plastic components in every kind of transportation vehicles.
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Biomimetic 4D printing

TL;DR: In this article, a plant-inspired shape morphing system is presented, where a composite hydrogel architecture is encoded with localized, anisotropic swelling behavior controlled by the alignment of cellulose fibrils along prescribed four-dimensional printing pathways.
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Biomedical applications of hydrogels: A review of patents and commercial products

TL;DR: From Wichterle’s pioneering work to the most recent hydrogel-based inventions and products on the market, it provides the reader with a detailed introduction to the topic and perspective on further potential developments.
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Bone tissue engineering using 3D printing

TL;DR: This review article focuses on recent advances in 3D printed bone tissue engineering scaffolds along with current challenges and future directions.
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