Design and 3D Printing of Scaffolds and Tissues

Jia An, Joanne Ee Mei Teoh, Ratima Suntornnond, Chee Kai Chua

Engineering ›› 2015, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (2) : 261-268.

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Engineering ›› 2015, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (2) : 261-268. DOI: 10.15302/J-ENG-2015061
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Design and 3D Printing of Scaffolds and Tissues

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A growing number of three-dimensional (3D)-print-ing processes have been applied to tissue engineering. This paper presents a state-of-the-art study of 3D-printing technologies for tissue-engineering applications, with particular focus on the development of a computer-aided scaffold design system; the direct 3D printing of functionally graded scaffolds; the modeling of selective laser sintering (SLS) and fused deposition modeling (FDM) processes; the indirect additive manufacturing of scaffolds, with both micro and macro features; the development of a bioreactor; and 3D/4D bioprinting. Technological limitations will be discussed so as to highlight the possibility of future improvements for new 3D-printing methodologies for tissue engineering.

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rapid prototyping / 3D printing / additive manufacturing / tissue engineering / bioprinting

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Jia An, Joanne Ee Mei Teoh, Ratima Suntornnond, Chee Kai Chua. Design and 3D Printing of Scaffolds and Tissues. Engineering, 2015, 1(2): 261‒268 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-ENG-2015061

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The authors would like to thank Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) for funding the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP). The authors would also like to thank Professor Li Lin at the University of Manchester for his kind invitation for submission.
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Jia An, Joanne Ee Mei Teoh, Ratima Suntornnond, and Chee Kai Chua declare that they have no conflict of interest or financial conflicts to disclose.
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