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This figure shows an overview of the process of IPS 3DP where dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is slowly injected into a solvent/nonsolvent mixture to create the scaffold. The images B and C show the synthetic equation of IPS 3DP and photographs of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based hydrogel with short alkyl chains (PVA-C5-DS) samples and IPS 3DP ink taken by the research team along with a representative image of the IPS 3DP process. Panel D represents a diagram for the PVA-C5-30/DMSO/water ternary systems, and Panel E shows IPS 3DP scaffolds modified by different materials, such as HA, CNT, and copper powder.

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Professor Zhilu Yang from Southern Medical University, China, and Professor Xuetao Shi from South China University of Technology

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Zhilu Yang
Dongguan Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Dongguan 523059, P. R. China.
zhiluyang1029@smu.edu.cn

Xuetao Shi
National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China. School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China. Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
shxt@scut.edu.cn

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