Development of Bioimplants with 2D, 3D, and 4D Additive Manufacturing Materials

Guo Liu, Yunhu He, Pengchao Liu, Zhou Chen, Xuliang Chen, Lei Wan, Ying Li, Jian Lu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Over the past 30 years, additive manufacturing (AM) has developed rapidly and has demonstrated great potential in biomedical applications. AM is a materials-oriented manufacturing technology, since the solidification mechanism, architecture resolution, post-treatment process, and functional application are based on the materials to be printed. However, 3D printable materials are still quite limited for the fabrication of bioimplants. In this work, 2D/3D AM materials for bioimplants are reviewed. Furthermore, inspired by Tai Chi, a simple yet novel soft/rigid hybrid 4D AM concept is advanced to develop complex and dynamic biological structures in the human body based on 4D printing hybrid ceramic precursor/ceramic materials that were previously developed by our group. With the development of multi-material printing technology, the development of bioimplants and soft/rigid hybrid biological structures with 2D/3D/4D AM materials can be anticipated.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1232-1243
JournalEngineering
Volume6
Issue number11
Online published8 Oct 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

Research Keywords

  • 2D additive manufacturing
  • 3D printing
  • 4D printing
  • Bioimplants
  • Bioprinting

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