A biocompatible hydrogel with improved stiffness and hydrophilicity for modular tissue engineering assembly

• DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00129c
• Publication Date: 2015-02-13T17:30:14Z
• Authors: Dan Wei; Wenqian Xiao; Jing Sun; Meiling Zhong; Likun Guo; Hongsong Fan; Xingdong Zhang
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

Inflexible hydrophilic AlgMA was introduced into a bioactive GelMA hydrogel to enhance stiffness and hydrophilicity, thus improving surface tension driven assembly of modular constructs with spatial organized cell distribution and biofunctions.