Microfluidic direct writer with integrated declogging mechanism for fabricating cell-laden hydrogel constructs

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-395

  Ghorbanian, Setareh ^a   Qasaimeh, Mohammad A ^b   Akbari, Mohsen ^a   Tamayol, Ali ^a   Juncker, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

3D cell scaffold; Calciumalginate; Cell laden constructs; Direct writing; Microfluidic coaxial flow; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FABRICATION; FIBERS; FLOW RATE; HYDROGELS; MICROFLUIDICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CALCIUMALGINATE; CELL SCAFFOLD; CELL-LADEN CONSTRUCTS; COAXIAL FLOW; DIRECT WRITING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EDETIC ACID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL LADEN HYDROGEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY ASSAY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECLOGGING MECHANISM; FIBER; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MICROFLUIDIC DIRECT WRITER; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVICES; HEK293 CELL LINE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

ALGINATES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEK293 CELLS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84904175368     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-014-9842-8     Document Type: Article

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