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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Xolography for Biomedical Applications: Dual-Color Light-Sheet Printing of Hydrogels With Local Control Over Shape and Stiffness.

Lena Stoecker, Gerardo Cedillo-Servin, Niklas F König, Freek V de Graaf, Marcela García-Jiménez, Sandra Hofmann, Keita Ito, Annelieke S Wentzel, Miguel Castilho

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. In Situ Characterisation of Hydrogels via Dynamic Interface Printing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Lena StoeckerOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0214-7845
Gerardo Cedillo-ServinOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-114X
Niklas F Königxolo GmbH, Volmerstraße 9B, 12489, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-3734
Freek V de GraafMacromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-2158
Marcela García-JiménezOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0989-5787
Sandra HofmannOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2568-8388
Keita ItoOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7372-4072
Annelieke S WentzelOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-2633
Miguel CastilhoOrthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4269-5889

Funding

EU Horizon 2020 program 874827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current challenges in tissue engineering include creation of extracellular environments that support and interact with cells using biochemical, mechanical, and structural cues. Spatial control over these cues is currently limited due to a lack of suitable fabrication techniques. This study introduces Xolography, an emerging dual-color light-sheet volumetric printing technology, to achieve control over structural and mechanical features for hydrogel-based photoresins at micro- to macroscale while printing within minutes. A water-soluble photoswitch photoinitiator system and a library of naturally-derived, synthetic, and thermoresponsive hydrogels for Xolography are proposed. Centimeter-scale, 3D constructs with positive features of 20 µm and negative features of ≈100 µm are fabricated with control over mechanical properties (compressive moduli 0.2 kPa-6.5 MPa). Notably, switching from binary to grayscaled light projection enables spatial control over stiffness (0.2-16 kPa). As a proof of concept, grayscaled Xolography is leveraged with thermoresponsive hydrogels to introduce reversible anisotropic shape changes beyond isometric shrinkage. Xolography of viable cell aggregates is finally demonstrated, laying the foundation for cell-laden printing of dynamic, cell-instructive environments with tunable structural and mechanical cues in a fast one-step process. Overall, these innovations unlock unique possibilities of Xolography across multiple biomedical applications.

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HydrogelsLightPrinting, Three-DimensionalAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsColorHumansMiceTemperatureTissue EngineeringBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsbioprintinggrayscalestiffness controlthermoresponsivevolumetric 3D printing

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PMID39871647
PMCPMC11899501

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