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Self‐folded hydrogel tubes for implantable muscular tissue scaffolds

2018

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Abstract Programming materials with tunable physical and chemical interactions among its components pave the way of generating 3D functional active microsystems with various potential applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and soft robotics. Here, the development of a recapitulated fascicle‐like implantable muscle construct by programmed self‐folding of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels is reported. The system comprises two stacked layers, each with differential swelling degrees, stiffnesses, and thicknesses in 2D, which folds into a 3D tube together. Inside the tubes, muscle cell adhesion and their spatial alignment are controlled. Both skeletal and cardiac muscle cells also exhibit high viability, and cardiac myocytes preserve their contractile function over the course of 7 d. Integration of biological cells with smart, shape‐changing materials could give rise to the development of new cellular constructs for hierarchical tissue assembly, drug testing platforms, and biohybrid actuators that can perform sophisticated tasks.

Author(s): Vannozzi, Lorenzo and Yasa, Immihan Ceren and Ceylan, Hakan and Menciassi, Arianna and Ricotti, Leonardo and Sitti, Metin
Journal: Macromolecular Bioscience
Volume: 18
Number (issue): 4
Pages: 1700377
Year: 2018
Month: March
Day: 14

Department(s): Physical Intelligence
Bibtex Type: Article (article)

DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700377
Eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mabi.201700377
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mabi.201700377

BibTex

@article{doi:10.1002/mabi.201700377,
  title = {Self‐folded hydrogel tubes for implantable muscular tissue scaffolds},
  author = {Vannozzi, Lorenzo and Yasa, Immihan Ceren and Ceylan, Hakan and Menciassi, Arianna and Ricotti, Leonardo and Sitti, Metin},
  journal = {Macromolecular Bioscience},
  volume = {18},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1700377},
  month = mar,
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1002/mabi.201700377},
  eprint = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mabi.201700377},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mabi.201700377},
  month_numeric = {3}
}