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Direct 3D Printing of Shear‐Thinning Hydrogels into Self‐Healing Hydrogels
Author(s) -
Highley Christopher B.,
Rodell Christopher B.,
Burdick Jason A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201501234
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , materials science , extrusion , nanotechnology , self healing , supramolecular chemistry , shear thinning , 3d printing , computer science , composite material , polymer chemistry , molecule , rheology , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , organic chemistry
Supramolecular hydrogels are used in the 3D printing of high‐resolution, multimaterial structures. The non‐covalent bonds allow the extrusion of the inks into support gels to directly write structures continuously in 3D space. This material system supports the patterning of multiple inks, cells, and void spaces.