Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29403328›Full record

ArticleMaterials today (Kidlington, England)2017

4D printing of polymeric materials for tissue and organ regeneration.

Shida Miao, Nathan Castro, Margaret Nowicki, Lang Xia, Haitao Cui, Xuan Zhou, Wei Zhu, Se-Jun Lee, Kausik Sarkar, Giovanni Vozzi and 3 more

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Article in Materials today (Kidlington, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. New Frontiers in 3D Printing Using Biocompatible Polymers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Shida MiaoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Nathan CastroDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Margaret NowickiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Lang XiaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Haitao CuiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Xuan ZhouDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Wei ZhuDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Se-Jun LeeDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Kausik SarkarDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
Giovanni VozziDepartment of Ingegneria dell'Informazione (DII), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 256126 Pisa, Italy.
Yasuhiko TabataDepartment of Regeneration Science and Engineering, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
John FisherFischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Lijie Grace ZhangDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.

Funding

Training and Dissemination CoreP41EB023833 · NIBIB · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI MIKOS, ANTONIOS G. · 2017 to 2021
$6.2M
A Novel 3D Bioprinted Smart Vascularized Nano TissueDP2EB020549 · NIBIB · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, LIJIE GRACE · 2014 to 2014
$2.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS DP2 EB020549NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB023833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Four dimensional (4D) printing is an emerging technology with great capacity for fabricating complex, stimuli-responsive 3D structures, providing great potential for tissue and organ engineering applications. Although the 4D concept was first highlighted in 2013, extensive research has rapidly developed, along with more-in-depth understanding and assertions regarding the definition of 4D. In this review, we begin by establishing the criteria of 4D printing, followed by an extensive summary of state-of-the-art technological advances in the field. Both transformation-preprogrammed 4D printing and 4D printing of shape memory polymers are intensively surveyed. Afterwards we will explore and discuss the applications of 4D printing in tissue and organ regeneration, such as developing synthetic tissues and implantable scaffolds, as well as future perspectives and conclusions.

Indexed as

4D printingorgan regenerationstimuli-responsivetissue regeneration

Identifiers

PMID29403328
PMCPMC5796676

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