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SUBMITTER: Lee JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4883790 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Jin Woo JW Soman Pranav P Park Jeong Hun JH Chen Shaochen S Cho Dong-Woo DW
PloS one 20160527 5
Developing functional small-diameter vascular grafts is an important objective in tissue engineering research. In this study, we address the problem of compliance mismatch by designing and developing a 3D tubular construct that has a negative Poisson's ratio νxy (NPR). NPR constructs have the unique ability to expand transversely when pulled axially, thereby resulting in a highly-compliant tubular construct. In this work, we used projection stereolithography to 3D-print a planar NPR sheet compos ...[more]