Entanglement inspires better bioprinting. (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Entanglement inspires better bioprinting.

Caption

Exploiting the natural propensity of gelatin-derived polymers to self-entangle, a light-based bioprinting platform runs on remarkably dilute inks. 

Credit

Jie Tao§, Yan He§, Xueyuan Liao, Yue Xu, Yingzi Pan, Fei Wang, Meimei Xiong, Yue Wang, Taiyi Sun, Sen Yang, Lin Zhang, Zeyu Luo, Changjin Huang, Wen Zeng* and Rui Liu*

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