Abstract
The goal of tissue engineering (TE) is to engineer suitable microenvironments for the regeneration of tissues or organs. To accomplish this objective, many engineering technologies have been adopted to create well-defined three-dimensional architectures at physiologically relevant length scales. This chapter reviews microfabrication technologies that are actively employed in various TE applications, including photolithography, soft-lithography, and microfluidics. In addition, strategies to assemble microtissues into hierarchical constructs are also discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Tissue Engineering |
Subtitle of host publication | Third Edition |
Editors | Jan de Boer, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Jorge Alfredo Uquillas, Nusrat Malik |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Chapter | 10 |
Pages | 329-353 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Edition | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128244593 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780323851343 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Keywords
- Biomaterials
- Microfabrication
- Microfluidics
- Microtissue assembly
- Photolithography
- Soft lithography
- Tissue engineering