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. 2021 Feb 16;5(1):010904. doi: 10.1063/5.0032777

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