TY - JOUR
T1 - 3D printing biomimetic materials and structures for biomedical applications
AU - Zhu, Yizhen
AU - Joralmon, Dylan
AU - Shan, Weitong
AU - Chen, Yiyu
AU - Rong, Jiahui
AU - Zhao, Hanyu
AU - Xiao, Siqi
AU - Li, Xiangjia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Zhejiang University Press.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Over millions of years of evolution, nature has created organisms with overwhelming performances due to their unique materials and structures, providing us with valuable inspirations for the development of next-generation biomedical devices. As a promising new technology, 3D printing enables the fabrication of multiscale, multi-material, and multi-functional three-dimensional (3D) biomimetic materials and structures with high precision and great flexibility. The manufacturing challenges of biomedical devices with advanced biomimetic materials and structures for various applications were overcome with the flourishing development of 3D printing technologies. In this paper, the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing of biomimetic materials and structures in the field of biomedical engineering were overviewed. Various kinds of biomedical applications, including implants, lab-on-chip, medicine, microvascular network, and artificial organs and tissues, were respectively discussed. The technical challenges and limitations of biomimetic additive manufacturing in biomedical applications were further investigated, and the potential solutions and intriguing future technological developments of biomimetic 3D printing of biomedical devices were highlighted.
AB - Over millions of years of evolution, nature has created organisms with overwhelming performances due to their unique materials and structures, providing us with valuable inspirations for the development of next-generation biomedical devices. As a promising new technology, 3D printing enables the fabrication of multiscale, multi-material, and multi-functional three-dimensional (3D) biomimetic materials and structures with high precision and great flexibility. The manufacturing challenges of biomedical devices with advanced biomimetic materials and structures for various applications were overcome with the flourishing development of 3D printing technologies. In this paper, the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing of biomimetic materials and structures in the field of biomedical engineering were overviewed. Various kinds of biomedical applications, including implants, lab-on-chip, medicine, microvascular network, and artificial organs and tissues, were respectively discussed. The technical challenges and limitations of biomimetic additive manufacturing in biomedical applications were further investigated, and the potential solutions and intriguing future technological developments of biomimetic 3D printing of biomedical devices were highlighted.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Biomedical applications
KW - Biomimetic material
KW - Bioprinting
KW - Functional structures
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U2 - 10.1007/s42242-020-00117-0
DO - 10.1007/s42242-020-00117-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85098599226
VL - 4
SP - 405
EP - 428
JO - Bio-Design and Manufacturing
JF - Bio-Design and Manufacturing
SN - 2096-5524
IS - 2
ER -