Microgels for bioprinting: recent advancements and challenges

Abstract

Microgels have become popular and powerful structural units in the bioprinting field due to their advanced properties, ranging from the tiny size, rich hydrogel (nutrient) network to special rheological properties....

Bioactive microgel-coated electrospun membrane with cell-instructive interfaces and topology for abdominal wall defect repair

“…Microgels are colloidal-sized hydrogels with sizes ranging from tens of nanometers to hundreds of micrometers. 27–29 In addition to the advantages of bulk hydrogels, the scaffolds formed by micro and granular hydrogel have larger specific surface area and porosity. 30 Therefore, we hypothesized that the deposited microgel as microstructured coatings on electrospun membranes was expected to endow cell-instructive hydrophilic interfaces and also topological morphologies for cell adhesion.…”