Team:LMU-TUM Munich/Demonstrate
Bioprinting
{| |+ Most important two bioprinter variants and their characteristics at one glance |- | |Inkjet |Microextrusion | |- |Cell viability |>85% |40-80% |- |Material viscosities |3.5-12 mPa/s |30 mPa/s to >6 x 10^7 mPa/s | |- | Gelation methods |Chemical, photo-crosslinking |Chemical, photo-crosslinking | |- |Print speed |Fast (1-10000 droplets/s) |Slow (10-20 µm/s) | |- |Resolution or droplet size |<1 pl to >300 pl droplets, 50 µm wide |5 µm to millimeters wide | |- |Cell densities |Low, <10^6 cells/ml |High, cell spheroids | |- |Printer cost |Low |Medium | |}
