TABLE II.
Examples of FRESH and embedded printing support baths and inks. This table shows a range of biological and synthetic embedded 3D printing applications that highlight the versatility and customizability of FRESH and embedded printing. Abbreviations used in the table are as follows: carbon nanotubes (CNT), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne (BCN), arginylglycylaspartic acid (RGD), and popolyacrylic acid (PAA).
| Bath material | Ink material | Lead author | Biological/synthetic | Use case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrylamide | Collagen-I cell mixture | Morley et al.38 | Biological | Cell generated forces in bioprinted constructs |
| Agarose | Laponite–gellan gum | Cidonio et al.53 | Biological | Bone constructs |
| Gellan/hydroxyapatite | Moxon et al.83 | Biological | Osteochondral bioprinting | |
| Nanocomposite bioink alginate/collagen | Mendes et al.80 | Biological | Hierarchical fibrillar structures | |
| Mirdamadi et al.47 | Biological | Cell-laden hydrogel constructs | ||
| Collagen, gelatin, and alginate | ||||
| Senior et al.46 | Biological | Hydrogel constructs | ||
| Alginate | Cell ink | Jeon et al.29 | Biological | Tissue constructs |
| Alginate and xanthan gum | Cardiomyocyte omentum gel | Noor et al.49 | Biological | Cardiac tissue constructs |
| Carbopol | Alginate/GelMA | Krishnamoorthy et al.75 | Biological | Dual network cellular constructs |
| Polyvinyl alcohol | O'Bryan et al.26 | Synthetic | Support material development | |
| Bioelastomer prepolymers | Savoji et al.89 | Biological | Vascular tubes | |
| PDMS 184 | Bhattacharjee et al.11 | Biological | Bioprinting technique development | |
| Silicone oil | Zhao et al.60 | Synthetic | Silicone printing | |
| PDMS 184 | Abdollahi et al.28 | Synthetic | Synthetic printing optimization | |
| PDMS 184 | Hinton et al.25 | Synthetic | Silicone printing | |
| PDMS 184 | Menon et al.30 | Synthetic | Machine learning optimization of silicone printing | |
| Urethane and epoxy | Hajash et al.59 | Synthetic | Large-scale synthetics printing | |
| Liquid metal | Yu et al.95 | Synthetic | Liquid metal printing | |
| GelMA/gelatin/tropoelastin | Lee et al.96 | Biological | Bioprinting of elastin containing bioink | |
| Cell sheroids | Ayan et al.63 | Biological | Aspiration-assisted bioprinting of tissue spheroids | |
| Cell spheroids or organoids | Cell spheroids and organoids | Skylar-Scott et al.52 | Biological | High cellular density tissue constructs |
| EcoFlex elastomer | Carbon conductive grease | Muth et al.84 | Synthetic | Strain sensor printing |
| Fumed silica | PDMS 184 | Jin et al.73 | Synthetic | Hydrophobic support bath |
| Gelatin | Alginate/collagen | Bessler et al.66 | Biological | Printing hardware development |
| Cellulose, alginate, and CNT | Bordoni et al.42 | Biological | Neuroblastoma differentiation | |
| Decellularized vascular ECM | Choi et al.68 | Biological | Muscle tissue constructs | |
| Alginate and collagen | Hinton et al.9 | Biological | Bioprinting development | |
| Alginate and collagen | Isaacson et al.72 | Biological | Corneal stroma printing | |
| Alginate | Jeon et al.29 | Biological | Tissue constructs | |
| Collagen, alginate, MeHA, fibrinogen, and cells | Lee et al.10 | Biological | Collagen and cell printing for cardiac tissues | |
| Alginate | Lewicki et al.76 | Biological | Neuroblastoma printing | |
| Alginate | Lindsay et al.44 | Biological | Stem cell expansion | |
| HA/collagen | Maloney et al.78 | Biological | Chemotherapy screening | |
| Collagen | Maxson et al.79 | Biological | In vivo remodeling of bioprinted constructs | |
| Hydroxyapatite/collagen | Montalbano et al.82 | Biological | Bone scaffolds | |
| Cell laden collagen | Noble et al.85 | Biological | Mechanics of recellularized scaffolds | |
| Alginate/callus/cells | Park et al.86 | Biological | Food printing | |
| Alginate | Pusch et al.27 | Biological | Large volume printing hardware | |
| GelMA and PEDOT:PSS | Spencer et al.43 | Biological | Tunable ink mechanics | |
| Xanthan gum | Štumberger and Vihar93 | Biological | Microfluidics | |
| Alginate | Wang and Florczyk94 | Biological | Hierarchical porosity scaffolds | |
| Alginate and MeHA | Chen et al.67 | Biological | Two-step crosslinked nanocomposite scaffolds | |
| MITCH-alginate | Dubbin et al.51 | Biological | Dual-stage crosslinking for improved cell laden inks | |
| Alginate | Mirdamadi et al.32 | Biological | Bioprinting tissue phantoms for surgical planning | |
| Union inks | Hull et al.34 | Biological | Universal orthogonal bioink development | |
| Alginate | Shen and McCloskey90 | Biological | Embedded concentration gradients | |
| Collagen | Montalbano et al.81 | Biological | Nanostructured bone scaffolds | |
| Alginate | Bone et al.33 | Biological | Machine learning to improve print fidelity | |
| Alginate/nanocellulose | Bordoni et al.42 | Biological | Printing and differentiation of neuroblastoma cells | |
| Chitosan | Bao et al.64 | Biological | Triggered micropore-forming bioprinting | |
| Hyaluronic acid (BCN-modified) | Aronsson et al.62 | Biological | Peptide biofunctionalization of bioinks | |
| GelMA | Kupfer et al.45 | Biological | Cardiac chambered organoid development | |
| Gellan gum | Gelatin and alginate | Compaan et al.54 | Biological | Support material development |
| Hyaluronic acid (HA) | Hyaluronic acid–RGD | Shi et al.91 | Biological | Ink and support material development |
| Hyaluronic acid | Highley et al.12 | Biological | Ink and support material development | |
| Hyaluronic acid | Song et al.92 | Biological | Endothelialized microchannels | |
| NorHA and PEGDA microgels | Highley et al.71 | Biological | Microgel ink development | |
| Laponite nanoclay | Alginate/gelatin | Jin et al.57 | Biological | Support material development |
| Alginate | Jin et al.56 | Synthetic | Support material development | |
| Silk fibroin | Rodriguez et al. | Biological | Silk printing | |
| Methanol, ethanol | PDMS 184 | Karyappa et al.74 | Synthetic | Silicone printing |
| Nanoclay | Gelatin and alginate | Ding and Chang69 | Biological | Tubular structures |
| Oil gel bath | PDMS 184 | O'Bryan et al.26 | Synthetic | Silicone printing development |
| PDMS 1700 | Pluronic F127 | Grosskopf et al.70 | Synthetic | Fluid mechanics in embedded printing |
| Pluronic F-127 | Alginate | Rocca et al.88 | Biological | Multi-ink printing |
| Pluronic F127-acrylate | Wu et al.22 | Biological | Microvascular networks | |
| Pluronic F127-dimethyacrylate | Basu et al.65 | Synthetic | Catalytically activated polymerization | |
| Alginate | Afghah et al.61 | Biological | Laponite pluronic support bath development | |
| Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) | PAA–dextran (DEX) inks | Luo et al.77 | Biological | Ink and support material development |
| Xanthan gum methacrylate | Alginate | Patrício et al.87 | Biological | Ink and support material development |