3D/4D Printing for Biomedical Applications: Materials, Techniques and Emerging Trends
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: 4D and 3D printing and bioprinting; in vitro models; medical devices; EU regulations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
3D printing technologies offer ground-braking tools that enable the fabrication of highly customizable, reproducible, and accurate structures for different biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, biosensors, and medical devices. In the last few decades, several innovations have been introduced in the field of 3D printing biomedical, such as multi-material and multi-scale 3D printing, bioprinting, and 4D printing. Indeed, 4D printing, which integrates the 4th dimension (i.e., time) into 3D printed structures, enables us to fabricate dynamic structures that are programmed to change their properties and shape according to environmental stimuli (e.g., heat, humidity, electric fields, etc.). Moreover, 4D-printed objects accomplish their function without using external driving mechanisms, instead relying on safer and contactless actuation, enabling their use in harsh environments, such as the human body.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on original research papers and comprehensive reviews, reporting the most innovative works in the 3D and 4D printing fields with regard to their biomedical applications. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Design and fabrication of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications via bioprinting;
- Innovative bioprinting approaches (e.g., in situ bioprinting, AI-enhanced bioprinting, etc.);
- Design of new stimuli-responsive biomaterials for use in 4D printing;
- Design and manufacture of medical devices via 4D printing;
- Development of active scaffolds via 4D printing.
Dr. Irene Chiesa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- 4D printing
- bioprinting
- scaffolding
- medical devices
- in vitro models
- biomaterials
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