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ReviewElectrophoresis2025

Microfluidic- and Field-Assisted 3D Printing: Leveraging Fluidic Control, Electrokinetic Phenomena, and Other Physical Fields to Advance Additive Manufacturing.

Guillermo Ramirez-Alvarado, Gongchen Sun

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Review in Electrophoresis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Guillermo Ramirez-AlvaradoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Gongchen SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has revolutionized manufacturing by enabling the rapid fabrication of complex structures, yet conventional 3D techniques remain constrained by inherent limitations in resolution, speed, and multi-material integration. To address these challenges, emerging approaches such as microfluidic-assisted and field-assisted additive manufacturing have been developed to enhance the capabilities and versatility of the method. Microfluidic-assisted 3D printing leverages controlled flow patterns for material deposition and control, material gradient formation, and advanced polymerization processes. Field-assisted methods, including electric-, acoustic-, and interface-assisted approaches, directly manipulate materials during printing to enable advanced functionalities and material properties. This review summarizes the latest advancements in microfluidic- and field-assisted 3D printing, highlighting their unique advantage in overcoming current 3D printing limitations and their potential to drive innovation in applications ranging from biomedical devices to functional materials development.

Indexed as

Microfluidic Analytical TechniquesMicrofluidicsPrinting, Three-Dimensionaladditive manufacturing | electrokinetics | microfluidics | three‐dimensional (3D) printing

Identifiers

PMID40988452
PMCPMC12711614

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