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Conventional Bioinks

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3D Bioprinting

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In 3D bioprinting of living constructs, cells-encapsulated hydrogels should be printable, which are called bioinks. The sources of the bioinks vary from natural to synthetic materials, and their physicochemical and biological characteristics differ by the origin of materials. This chapter covers the chemical, mechanical, and biological properties of conventional bioinks and various applications used for the fabrication of functional cell-laden constructs.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea (Republic of)

    Dong-Woo Cho

  2. Future IT Innovation Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea (Republic of)

    Byoung Soo Kim

  3. Department of Creative IT Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea (Republic of)

    Jinah Jang

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea (Republic of)

    Ge Gao & Narendra K. Singh

  5. Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea (Republic of)

    Wonil Han

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Cho, DW., Kim, B.S., Jang, J., Gao, G., Han, W., Singh, N.K. (2019). Conventional Bioinks. In: 3D Bioprinting. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32222-9_5

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