Bioprinting of Tissue-Engineered Scaffolds: Design Strategies & Printability of Smart Biomaterials

Dear Colleagues, 

Extrusion-based bioprinting, also known as the dispensing-based method, has been widely used to construct scaffolds made of biomaterials and cells. This technique is yet to be explored while facing challenges related to printability. Printability, as the critical issue in extrusion-based bioprinting, can affect cell fate as well as the mechanical properties of 3D scaffolds. Considerable progress has been achieved in synthesizing novel biomaterials with enhanced printability, as well as new design concepts. Additionally, other steps have been taken to optimize printing parameters/conditions, employing numerical modelling or indirect printing techniques. It is necessary to map the relationship between printability and inter-related factors, involving design, biomaterial, and biofabrication. This Special Issue aims to illustrate the recent development and advance in this field, including, but not limited to, biomaterials, design and fabrication of scaffolds, indirect bioprinting, 3D printing, fluid modelling, numerical modelling, characterization of biomaterials (hydrogels specifically), extrusion-based bioprinting for tissue engineering applications, crosslinking strategies, and therapeutic applications of extrusion-based bioprinting 

Prof. Dr. Chaozong Liu
Dr. Saman Naghieh
Dr. Gabriella Lindberg
Guest Editors

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