Journal
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201700681
Keywords
biofabrication; biomaterials; biomimetics; cell migration; microfluidics; microphysiological systems; neuronal guidance
Funding
- NSF IGERT Fellowship [1144726]
- National Institutes of Health [R21CA214299]
- W.M. Keck Foundation [15A00396]
- Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology [15A01570]
- University of Delaware Research Foundation [17A00429]
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The cell and tissue engineering fields have profited immensely through the implementation of highly structured biomaterials. The development and implementation of advanced biofabrication techniques have established new avenues for generating biomimetic scaffolds for a multitude of cell and tissue engineering applications. Among these, laser-based degradation of biomaterials is implemented to achieve user-directed features and functionalities within biomimetic scaffolds. This review offers an overview of the physical mechanisms that govern laser-material interactions and specifically, laser-hydrogel interactions. The influences of both laser and material properties on efficient, high-resolution hydrogel degradation are discussed and the current application space in cell and tissue engineering is reviewed. This review aims to acquaint readers with the capability and uses of laser-based degradation of biomaterials, so that it may be easily and widely adopted.
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