3D Printing and Bioprinting in MEMS Technology.

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Article in Micromachines, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

4citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

Feasibility and practicality of a novel teaching aid for microvascular anastomosis simulation training in neurosurgery generated by 3D printing.Frontiers in surgery · 2025
Article
Review of manufacturing three-dimensional-printed membranes for water treatment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
Review
3D-Printing Piezoelectric Composite with Honeycomb Structure for Ultrasonic Devices.Micromachines · 2020
Article
Design and Development of a Fully Printed Accelerometer with a Carbon Paste-Based Strain Gauge.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chee Kai ChuaSingapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. MCKCHUA@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0001-5703-2490

Wai Yee YeongSingapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. WYYeong@ntu.edu.sg.

Jia AnSingapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. AnJia@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0001-5630-5266

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3D printing and bioprinting have advanced significantly in printing resolution in recent years, which presents a great potential for fabricating small and complex features suitable for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with new functionalities. This special issue aims to give a glimpse into the future of this research field.

Indexed as

3D printingadditive manufacturingbioprintingMEMSrapid prototyping

Identifiers

PMID30400417

DOI10.3390/mi8070229

PMCPMC6190140

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