Research Area: 3D Printing of Hydrogel-based Soft Materials

Recent developments of polymer sciences enable numerous novel materials whose properties can be designed and tailored for a wide variety of applications including tissue engineering, drug delivery, and energy storage and conversion. However, integrating these novel materials into 3D configurations with spatially varying functional properties is still extremely challenging.  We are currently studying the behavior of …

Video Clip: Freezing induced deformation of tissue

This video clip is showing dermal equivalents with quantum dot labeled fibroblasts during freezing. The tissue equivalents are exposed to a temperature gradient (-20 degC on the left and 4 degC on the right). When the clip starts, freezing interface moves from left to right. Due to the volumetric expansion of water during freezing, the …

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