Direct 3D Printing of Shear‐Thinning Hydrogels into Self‐Healing Hydrogels

By C. Highley, C. Rodell, Jason A. Burdick. Advances in Materials, 2015

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Current Status of Bioinks for Micro-Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting (2016, methodology): “Another study reported >90% viability of human fibroblasts bioprinted with Cd-Ad-modified hyaluronic acid, demonstrating the cell guarding ability ofself-assembled bioinks [22].”
4D printed thermally activated self-healing and shape memory polycaprolactone-based polymers (2018, background): “Moreover, the use of self-healing hydrogels as “ inks ” for additive manufacturing was successfully demonstrated [27].”
Bioinks and bioprinting technologies to make heterogeneous and biomimetic tissue constructs (2019, background): “Shear-thinning materials can be injectable under the application of shear force and have the ability to quickly self-heal after removal of the shear force [30].”
A practical guide to hydrogels for cell culture (2016, methodology): “These include newly developed methods where hydrogels act as bio-inks to print cells either in a layer-by-layer manner from a 2D substrate 94 or directly in 3D space within another hydrogel 95 .”
In situ Forming Injectable Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Wound Repair (2018, neutral): “highlighted the compatibility of guest-host hydrogels with 3D printing technology [142].”
An Introduction to 3D Bioprinting: Possibilities, Challenges and Future Aspects (2018, background): “To overcome this issue, research has been conducted into self-healing hydrogels [99].”