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Hydrogel Fibers: Chinese‐Noodle‐Inspired Muscle Myofiber Fabrication (Adv. Funct. Mater. 37/2015)
Author(s) -
Li Yuhui,
Poon Chi Tat,
Li Moxiao,
Lu Tian Jian,
PingguanMurphy Belinda,
Xu Feng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570248
Subject(s) - materials science , myogenesis , fabrication , myocyte , nanotechnology , process (computing) , biomedical engineering , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
F. Xu and co‐workers successfully fabricate cell‐laden hydrogel fibers on page 5999, using a simple, facile, high‐throughput, and mechanical‐based method, inspired by fabrication process of Chinese noodles. Muscle myotubes are generated in 3D hydrogel fibers under mechanical strain. Such an approach holds the potential to create functional tissue constructs and help in understand the mechanobiological responses of cells in 3D.