Table showing the viscosity (Pa s), swelling% and degradation% of commercially available bioinks and the prepared hydrogel (group C with 5 wt% SiO2 nanoparticle concentration).
Company | Bioink | Materials | Viscosity (Pa s) | Swelling% | Degradation% | Ref. |
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CELLINK | CELLINK | 1.36% nanocellulose and 0.5% alginate crosslinked with cationic solution | 11 ± 0.7 | 1145 ± 42 | 70 ± 5 | 39–41 |
RegenHU | BioInk® | Polyethyleneglycol-diacrylate (PEGDA) photo-crosslinked with photoinitiator | 1.05 ± 0.09 (100 wt% PEGDA) | 342 ± 3 (100 wt% PEGDA) | 53.56 ± 6.16 (100 wt% PEGDA) | 39, 40, 42 and 43 |
Biobot | BioGel | 10% gelatin methacrylate photo-crosslinked with 0.05% Irgacure I2959 | 65 ± 14 | 719 ± 24 | 30 ± 2 | 39, 40 and 44 |
Group C | As prepared | Alginate/gelatin/SiO2 nanoparticle based | 13.65 ± 3 | 998.27 ± 87.54 | 61.05 ± 4.26 |