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        1 - A review of polymer 3D printing technology: materials, process and design strategies for medical applications
        amir hasnvand
        چكيده انگليسي Polymer 3D printing is an emerging technology that further research in this field will lead to continuous improvement of polymer 3D printing design performance, which is necessary to push the boundaries in engineering and medicine. Polymer 3D printing pr More
        چكيده انگليسي Polymer 3D printing is an emerging technology that further research in this field will lead to continuous improvement of polymer 3D printing design performance, which is necessary to push the boundaries in engineering and medicine. Polymer 3D printing provides the possibility of printing low-cost functional parts with various properties and capabilities. Here, by reviewing research on materials, processes and related strategies applied for medical applications, it is presented. Research in materials has led to the development of polymers with useful properties for mechanics and biocompatibility, by tuning the mechanical properties achieved by changing the parameters of the printing process. Polymer 3D printing technologies include extrusion, sheet lamination, Vat photo polymerization, additive layer, powder-based fusion, material projection, direct energy deposition. Thermal and laser inkjet techniques are more common. The two technologies of sheet exfoliation and direct energy deposition have limited medical applications. Which enables the direct deposition of design materials for useful and customized architectures. Design strategies, such as the hierarchical distribution of materials, make it possible to balance contrasting properties. The most investigated medical applications include tissue scaffolds, dental implants, medical education, delivery systems, and drug safety devices. And finally, the challenges and obstacles of polymer 3D printing were studied. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Different fabrication methods and ideal properties of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.
        Mohammad Rasouli Soheila Kashanian
        Tissue engineering is a science that uses the combination of scaffolds, cells and active biomolecules to make a tissue in order to restore or maintain the function and improve the damaged tissue or even an organ in the laboratory. Artificial skin and cartilage are among More
        Tissue engineering is a science that uses the combination of scaffolds, cells and active biomolecules to make a tissue in order to restore or maintain the function and improve the damaged tissue or even an organ in the laboratory. Artificial skin and cartilage are among the engineered tissues that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical use. Accuracy in the design and fabrication of scaffolds with ideal properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, mechanical and surface properties is very important for applications in tissue engineering. Furthermore, these techniques should be able to translate the fabricated scaffolds from potential to actual applications. Several fabrication technologies have been used to design ideal 3D scaffolds with controlled nano- and micro-structures to achieve the ultimate biological response. This review highlights the applications and ideal parameters (biological, mechanical and biodegradability) of scaffolds for various biomedical and tissue engineering applications. This review discusses in detail the various design methods developed and used to design scaffolds, namely solvent casting/particle leaching, freeze drying, thermally induced phase separation (TIPS), gas foaming. (GF), powder foam, sol-gel, electrospinning, stereolithography (SLA), fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS), jet binder technique, inkjet printing, laser-assisted bioprinting, writing It reviews direct cell and metal-based additive manufacturing, focusing on their advantages, limitations, and applications in tissue engineering. Manuscript profile