3D Bioprinting from Lab to Industry

This book provides a complete overview of the fundamentals of bioprinting and also covers recent advancements and future applications. Most treatment on the topic of bioprinting only focuses on a particular area, such as printing methodologies or printable inks, within the topic. However, bioprinting is very broad and interdisciplinary area that integrate many rapidly growing technologies such as data science, machine learning, and materials informatics to support industry 4.0.

The first section of the book provides essential background information in the field. of the established field such as cellular requirements and preparation for bioprinting, materials, printability and shape fidelity, and toxicity aspects and ethical issues of bioprinting. The second section moves on to relevant innovations associated with the field including controlling factors of bioprinting (patterning and surface topography), in situ bioprinting, impact of machine learning. The book even touches on advanced bioprinting for future advances like organ on chip system, Five-dimensional (5D) printing in the medical field, dynamic tuning of ink rheological properties, benefits of multi-material extrusion approach, space bioprinting-gravity-free effect, and more.

Prosenjit Saha is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences at the JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research (JISIASR) at the JIS University.

Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences, as well as the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London and a member of the American Chemical Society.

Jinku Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Hongik University.

Manojit Ghosh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering in the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.