TY - JOUR
T1 - Customized tracheal design using 3D printing of a polymer hydrogel: influence of UV laser cross-linking on mechanical properties
AU - Cristovão, Ana Filipa
AU - Sousa, David M.
AU - Silvestre, Filipe
AU - Ropio, Inês
AU - Gaspar, Ana
AU - Henriques, Célia Maria Reis
AU - Velhinho, A.
AU - Baptista, Ana Catarina Bernardino
AU - Faustino, Miguel Morais
AU - Ferreira, Isabel
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147333/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147218/PT#
H2020-ICT-2014-1,TransFlexTeg645241
ERC-CoG-2014, CapTherPV, 647596
Pest-UID/FIS/00068/2013
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The use of 3D printing of hydrogels as a cell support in bio-printing of cartilage, organs and tissue has attracted much research interest. For cartilage applications, hydrogels as soft materials must show some degree of rigidity, which can be achieved by photo- or chemical polymerization. In this work, we combined chemical and UV laser polymeric cross-linkage to control the mechanical properties of 3D printed hydrogel blends. Since there are few studies on UV laser cross-linking combined with 3D printing of hydrogels, the work here reported offered many challenges.
AB - The use of 3D printing of hydrogels as a cell support in bio-printing of cartilage, organs and tissue has attracted much research interest. For cartilage applications, hydrogels as soft materials must show some degree of rigidity, which can be achieved by photo- or chemical polymerization. In this work, we combined chemical and UV laser polymeric cross-linkage to control the mechanical properties of 3D printed hydrogel blends. Since there are few studies on UV laser cross-linking combined with 3D printing of hydrogels, the work here reported offered many challenges.
U2 - 10.1186/s41205-019-0049-8
DO - 10.1186/s41205-019-0049-8
M3 - Article
VL - 5
JO - 3D Printing in Medicine
JF - 3D Printing in Medicine
SN - 2365-6271
IS - 12
ER -