Hybrid Living Materials: Digital Design and Fabrication of 3D Multimaterial Structures with Programmable Biohybrid Surfaces

@article{Smith2019HybridLM,
  title={Hybrid Living Materials: Digital Design and Fabrication of 3D Multimaterial Structures with Programmable Biohybrid Surfaces},
  author={Rachel Soo Hoo Smith and Christoph Bader and Sunanda Sharma and Dominik Kolb and Tzu-Chieh Tang and Ahmed Hosny and Felix Moser and James C. Weaver and Christopher A. Voigt and Neri Oxman},
  journal={Advanced Functional Materials},
  year={2019},
  volume={30}
}
  • R. SmithC. Bader N. Oxman
  • Published 18 December 2019
  • Biology, Engineering, Materials Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials
Significant efforts exist to develop living/non‐living composite materials—known as biohybrids—that can support and control the functionality of biological agents. To enable the production of broadly applicable biohybrid materials, new tools are required to improve replicability, scalability, and control. Here, the Hybrid Living Material (HLM) fabrication platform is presented, which integrates computational design, additive manufacturing, and synthetic biology to achieve replicable fabrication… 
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