Recent developments in 4D printing of BMMs for biomedical applications
4D printing technique | Stimuli | Materials and printed BMMs | Reference(s) |
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Tissue engineering | |||
DLP | Hydration | GelMA/PEGDM–tissue scaffold | [46] |
Extrusion | Solvent | Hyaluronan/Alg–bilayered scaffold | [47] |
DIW | Shear strain | Oxidized and methacrylated Alg (OMA)/GelMA–cell condensate-laden bilayer system | [48] |
DIW | Solvent | ADA-Gel-based T-shaped vascular bifurcation | [49] |
DIW | Solvent | Methacrylated Alg (AA-MA) and methacrylated hyaluronic acid–vascular tissue | [160] |
Solvent, near-infrared (NIR) light, and temperature | Alg/polydopamine–tissue scaffolds | [161] | |
Inkjet | Solvent | GelMA/Gel-carboxylated-methacrylate bilayer | [162] |
SLA | Temperature | Soybean oil epoxidized acrylate (SOEA)–cardiac tissue | [163] |
Poly(methyl methacrylate)–neural tissue | [164] | ||
FDM | Magnetism | PCL/iron doped HA–bone tissue | [165, 166] |
Temperature | PLA/PCL/SOEA–muscle tissue | [167] | |
Solvent | AA-MA/PCL–muscle tissue | [168] | |
Temperature | SOEA–muscle tissue | [169] | |
DIW and inkjet printing | Magnetism | Agarose/collagen type I-based cartilage tissue | [170] |
Extrusion-based printing | Temperature | Polyurethane (PU) Commercial polymers–tissue scaffolds | [171] |
DLP | Solvent | PEG(700)DA–tissue scaffolds | [172] |
DIW | pH | PEG-based microgel scaffolds | [173] |
DLP | Temperature | PCL diacrylate (PCLDA)-based bilayer membrane | [174] |
Drug delivery | |||
Extrusion | Humidity and temperature | PU and polyethylene–dual stimuli self-morphing structures | [175] |
Alg-Ca2+ coordination | Pluronic F127 diacrylate macromer (F127DA)/Alg–shape memory hydrogels | [176] | |
DLP | Magnetoelectricity | 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate (4-HBA)/urethane-polyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol (PU-EO-PO) monomer/electromagnetized carbon porous nanocookies–conduit material | [63] |
FDM | Temperature/fluid | PVA-based expandable drug delivery structures | [177] |
Water | PVA and glycerol-based intravesical drug delivery device | [178] | |
DIW | Temperature/pH/enzyme | Pickering emulsion gels BSA methacryloyl (MA)/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-P(NIPAAm) (thermo-sensitive ink) BSA-MA/poly[2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate]-P(DMAEMA) (pH-sensitive ink) BSA-MA + F127 (enzyme sensitive ink)–hydrogels | [179] |
DLP-PμSL | Solvent/light | PEGDA–microneedle array | [73] |
DIW | pH | Alg fibres-based porous scaffolds | [180] |
FDM | pH | PVP/methacrylic acid co-polymer-based tablets | [181] |
HPMC-AS-based tablets | [182] | ||
Surgical and diagnostic tools | |||
PμSL | Temperature | SMPs-based surgical gripper system | [71] |
Jetting | Temperature | SMPs-based actuator system/self-expanded stent | [72] |
FDM | Load | PU/fabric–wearable smart sensor | [87] |
FDM | Motion | TPU–deformable lung | [89] |
Implants and prosthetics | |||
FDM | Temperature | Poly(ethylene glycol)/shape memory PLA (SMPLA)–biomimetic intestinal stents | [129] |
DIW | Temperature | βCD-g-PCL–vascular stent | [130] |
DIW | Temperature | PCL/acrylates-based vascular conduit | [135] |
FDM | Temperature | Thermoplastic copolyester elastomer–vascular stent | [183] |
PLA-based vascular stent | [184, 185] | ||
Thermo-magnetism | PLA-based magnetic nanocomposites–vascular occluder | [186] | |
DIW | Thermo-magnetism | Fe3O4/PLA/dichloromethane/benzophenone–vascular stent | [134] |
SLA | Internal stress | GelMA/PEGDA–cardiac patch | [187] |
SOEA/graphene–neural conduit | [188] | ||
SLA | Temperature | PCL/isocyanato ethyl methacrylate–tracheal stent | [189] |
DLP and DIW | NIR light and temperature | Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, poly(propylene glycol) bis(2-aminopropyl) ether, and decylamine–cardiac patch | [190] |
DIW | Fe3+ ions, sodium lactate/UV | Acrylamide-acrylic acid/cellulose nanocrystal–bilayer hydrogel stent | [191] |
FDM | Magnetism | Fe2O3/shape memory PLA–occluders | [192] |
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided for this work by the Research Council, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
GAA: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. SSA and RSD: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AW: Writing—review & editing.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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This work received support from the University Research Grant [ASP/01/RE/TEC/2022/74] provided by the Research Council, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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