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Fabrication of 3D Biomimetic Microfluidic Networks in Hydrogels
Keely A Heintz1, Michael E Bregenzer1, Jennifer L Mantle2,3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street161 Colburn Lab, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
Advanced Healthcare Materials
|May 31, 2016
Abstract:
A laser-based hydrogel degradation technique is developed that allows for local control over hydrogel porosity, fabrication of 3D vascular-derived, biomimetic, hydrogel-embedded microfluidic networks, and generation of two intertwining, yet independent, microfluidic networks in a single construct.

