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. 2018 Oct 22;6:499. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00499

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Fabrication of double-ring and hierarchically structural hydrogels and the effects on cell functions. (A) Fabrication of hydrogels with osteon-like double-ring structure by photolithograph and self-assembly. Cell viability of MG63s and HUVECs encapsulated in the outer ring and inner ring of the osteon-like module. Reproduced with the permission from Zuo et al. (2015), Copyright © 2015, American Chemical Society. (B) Degradation of the hydrogel through oNB photocleavage (i). Creation of hydrogels with hierarchical vascular structure by programmable photodegradation (ii). Reproduced with the permission from Arakawa et al. (2017), Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons.