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3D Functional Microgels: Modular and Customized Fabrication of 3D Functional Microgels for Bottom‐Up Tissue Engineering and Drug Screening (Adv. Mater. Technol. 5/2020)
Author(s) -
Yang Wenguang,
Cai Shuxiang,
Chen Yibao,
Liang Wenfeng,
Lai Youbin,
Yu Haibo,
Wang Yuechao,
Liu Lianqing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced materials technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.184
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2365-709X
DOI - 10.1002/admt.202070024
Subject(s) - microfluidics , nanotechnology , modular design , materials science , drug delivery , fabrication , tissue engineering , 3d printing , digital micromirror device , lithography , biomedical engineering , computer science , engineering , optoelectronics , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
In article number 1900847, Wenguang Yang, Haibo Yu, Lianqing Liu, and co‐workers demonstrate an optofluidic maskless lithography system that combines digital micromirror device (DMD)‐based 3D printing and microfluidic technologies for fabricating 3D functional microgels. With this system, 3D microgels can be custom designed online and manufactured modularly in a microfluidic device. Furthermore, cells in microgels exhibit features that are more similar to the complex in vivo conditions, including morphology, proliferation, and drug resistance.