Bioprinting of collagen: considerations, potentials, and applications

• Main Authors: Lee, Jia Min, Suen, Sean Kang Qiang, Ng, Wei Long, Ma, Wai Cheung, Yeong, Wai Yee
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Bioengineering; Engineering::Manufacturing::Polymers and plastics; Engineering::Chemical engineering::Polymers and polymer manufacture; Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; Engineering::Mechanical engineering; 3D Bioprinting; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163127
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Collagen is the most abundant extracellular matrix protein that is widely used in tissue engineering (TE). There is little research done on printing pure collagen. To understand the bottlenecks in printing pure collagen, it is imperative to understand collagen from a bottom-up approach. Here it is a...