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. 2022 Jun 16;14(12):2449. doi: 10.3390/polym14122449

Table 6.

Applications of multi-material vat photopolymerization in various bio-medical areas.

Applications Printing Materials Methodology Reference
Scaffolds for tissue engineering PEGDA, PEGDMA Resin exchange, SLA [334]
Multilayer polypills PEGDA + dissolved drug Resin exchange, SLA [332]
Multilayer polypills PEGDA, PEGDMA + dissolved drug Resin exchange, SLA [333]
Tissue-porous scaffolds PEGDA, Commercial photocurable resins, + Leachable salt particulates DLP [335]
Bioactive scaffolds PEGDA, PEGDMA, + fluorescently labeled components Resin exchange, SLA [336]
Neovasculature PEGDA, PEGDMA, + Murine cells Resin exchange, SLA [337]
Constructs with Encapsulated Cells PEGDA + human dermal fibroblasts Resin exchange, SLA [338]
Piezoelectric acoustic sensor PEGDA + barium titanate nanopowder + multi-walled carbon nanotubes Resin exchange, DLP [339]
Cell encapsulation PEGDA + cells Resin exchange, SLA [340]
Multi-material cantilevers poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) and acrylic-PEG-collagen (PC) Resin exchange, SLA [341]
Selective Porous Barriers PEGDA: MW 258, MW 575, MW 700 Resin exchange, SLA [65]
Biological sensors PEGDA, commercial resin, + biomolecules Resin exchange, SLA [342]
Tissue scaffolds PEGDA+ fluorescently-labeled polystyrene microparticles Resin exchange, SLA [343]
Spatially-designed biological sensor oxidized methacrylic alginate, poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate, PEGDA + cells Resin exchange, SLA [344]
Cells interactive sensors Gelatin methacrylate, PEGDA, fluorescent dextrans, cells Resin exchange, SLA [345]