Aerodynamically assisted jetting and threading for processing concentrated suspensions containing advanced structural, functional and biological materials.
In recent years material sciences have been interpreted right across the physical and the life sciences. Essentially this discipline broadly addresses the materials, processing, and/or fabrication right up to the structure. The materials and structures areas can range from the micro- to the nanometre scale and, in a materials sense, span from the structural, functional to the most complex, namely biological (living cells). It is generally recognised that the processing or fabrication is fundamental in bridging the materials with their structures. In a global perspective, processing has not only contributed to the materials sciences but its very nature has bridged the physical with the life sciences. In this review we discuss one such swiftly emerging fabrication approach having a plethora of applications spanning the physical and life sciences.
Arumuganathar
Sumathy
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BioPhysics Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
Suter
Nicolai
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Walzel
Peter
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Jayasinghe
Suwan N
SN
D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013535:Suspensions / Q000737:chemistry; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*
D013535:Suspensions