Hydrogel Polyester Scaffolds via Direct-Ink-Writing of Ad Hoc Designed Photocurable Macromonomer.
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SUBMITTER: Fuoco T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876641 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb
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Hydrogel Polyester Scaffolds via Direct-Ink-Writing of Ad Hoc Designed Photocurable Macromonomer.
Fuoco Tiziana T Chen Mo M Jain Shubham S Wang Xi Vincent XV Wang Lihui L Finne-Wistrand Anna A
Polymers 20220212 4
Synthetic, degradable macromonomers have been developed to serve as ink for 3D printing technologies based on direct-ink-writing. The macromonomers are purposely designed to be cross-linkable under the radical mechanism, to impart hydrophilicity to the final material, and to have rheological properties matching the printer's requirements. The suitable viscosity enables the ink to be printed at room temperature, in absence of organic solvents, and to be cross-linked to manufacture soft 3D scaffol ...[more]
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