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Fabrication of Myogenic Engineered Tissue Constructs
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2009
Here, we demonstrate fabrication of collagen-based, tissue constructs containing skeletal myoblasts. These 3-D engineered constructs may be used to replace or repair tissues in vivo. For our purposes, we have designed these as an atrioventricular electrical conduit for the repair of complete heart block[1].
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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
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2014
This paper describes the design, construction, and function of a 1,000 m2 facility containing 24 individual 33.6 m2 field plots equipped for measuring total runoff volumes with time and collection of runoff subsamples at selected intervals for quantification of chemical constituents in the runoff water from simulated home lawns.
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Using Adhesive Patterning to Construct 3D Paper Microfluidic Devices
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2016
We demonstrate the use of patterned aerosol adhesives to construct 3D paper microfluidic devices. This method of adhesive application forms semi-permanent bonds between layers, enabling single-use devices to be non-destructively disassembled after use and to ease folding complex nonplanar structures.
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Fabricating Nanogaps by Nanoskiving
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2013
The fabrication of electrically addressable, high-aspect-ratio (> 1000:1) metal nanowires separated by gaps of single nanometers using either sacrificial layers of aluminum and silver or self-assembled monolayers as templates is described. These nanogap structures are fabricated without a clean room or any photo- or electron-beam lithographic processes by a form of edge lithography known as nanoskiving.
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Ecosystem Fabrication (EcoFAB) Protocols for The Construction of Laboratory Ecosystems Designed to Study Plant-microbe Interactions
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2018
This article describes detailed protocols for ecosystem fabrication of devices (EcoFABs) that enable the studies of plants and plant-microbe interactions in highly controlled laboratory conditions.
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These variables determine how the construct is organized and how closely it reproduces a desired biological setting. Composition specifies the materials and living components, geometry controls spatial arrangement, and mechanical properties provide structural behavior. Adjusting them together allows researchers to create systems suited to tissue engineering, regeneration studies, cell behavior experiments, or therapy testing.
The methods differ mainly in how they organize the construct during formation. Molding shapes components within a defined form, layer-by-layer deposition builds architecture sequentially, and bioprinting places biological or material components according to a designed pattern. Selecting among these approaches helps researchers control geometry and composition for the intended bioengineering function.
Stabilization preserves the construct’s shape and functional organization after its components have been arranged. Without this step, the intended architecture may not remain sufficiently defined for subsequent use. Maintaining structure is important when constructs serve as tissue models, regeneration platforms, or experimental systems in which organized cellular and material relationships must be examined.
Construct fabrication supports biomimetic design by allowing researchers to coordinate composition, spatial geometry, and mechanical properties rather than treating them as isolated features. This controlled organization can produce systems that more closely represent selected aspects of biological tissues. Such systems provide a way to investigate cell behavior and evaluate therapies under engineered, tissue-relevant conditions.
A typical workflow begins by selecting and organizing the required cells, biomaterials, and supporting architecture for a defined purpose. Researchers then form the arrangement through molding, layer-by-layer deposition, or bioprinting, followed by stabilization to preserve the result. The completed construct can then be used for tissue modeling, regeneration studies, or therapeutic investigation.
Researchers use this approach when they need an engineered structure with controlled composition, geometry, and mechanical behavior. The resulting constructs can model tissues, support regeneration, or provide platforms for studying cell behavior and testing therapies. In bioengineering, this makes fabrication useful for connecting material design and biological organization within experimentally defined systems.