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3D freeform printing of silk fibroin
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Rodriguez, Maria J. Dixon, Thomas A. Cohen, Eliad Huang, Wenwen Omenetto, Fiorenzo G. Kaplan, David L. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Journal: Acta Biomaterialia Freeform fabrication has emerged as a key direction in printing biologically-relevant materials and structures. With this emerging technology, complex structures with microscale resolution can be created in arbitrary geometries and without the limitations found in traditional bottom-up or top-down additive manufacturing methods. Recent advances in freeform printing have used the physical properties of microparticle-based granular gels as a medium for the submerged extrusion of bioinks. However, most of these techniques require post-processing or crosslinking for the removal of the printed structures (Miller et al., 2015; Jin et al., 2016) [1], [2]. In this communication, we introduce a novel method for the one-step gelation of silk fibroin within a suspension of synthetic nanoclay (Laponite) and polyethylene glycol (PEG). Silk fibroin has been used as a biopolymer for bioprinting in several contexts, but chemical or enzymatic additives or bulking agents are needed to stabilize 3D structures. Our method requires no post-processing of printed structures and allows for in situ physical crosslinking of pure aqueous silk fibroin into arbitrary geometries produced through freeform 3D printing. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899947/pdf |
| Ending Page | 387 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 379 |
| ISSN | 17427061 |
| e-ISSN | 18787568 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.02.035 |
| Journal | Acta Biomaterialia |
| Volume Number | 71 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2018-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Acta Biomaterialia |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Biochemistry Molecular Biology Biomaterials Biomedical Engineering Biotechnology |