Applying Macromolecular Crowding to 3D Bioprinting: Fabrication of 3D Hierarchical Porous Collagen-based Hydrogel Constructs

• Main Authors: Ng, Wei Long, Goh, Min Hao, Yeong, Wai Yee, Naing, May Win
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Macromolecular Crowding; 3D Bioprinting
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87552; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44478
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Native tissues and/or organs possess complex hierarchical porous structures that confer highly-specific cellular functions. Despite advances in fabrication processes, it is still very challenging to emulate the hierarchical porous collagen architecture found in most native tissues. Hence, the abilit...