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           Finally, different swelling ratios of nanocomposite   system in water . To show that our method could
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           hydrogels containing various inorganic contents     overcome these problems, in situ precipitation of
           may lead to the deformation of the multi-material   inorganic nanoparticles was carried out directly on


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           Figure  8.  Multiphase  material  printing  with  composite  hydrogel  inks.  (A)  Three-dimensional  (3D)
           printing  strategy  of  multiphase  materials  for gradient  biomaterials.  (B)  Schematics  of  proposed  bi-
           material scaffolds varying mineral contents. (C) Optical images of 3D printed multiphase composite
           scaffolds composed of hyaluronic acid-alginate (HAc-Alg)/10 wt% calcium phosphate (CaP) and HAc-
           Alg/30wt% CaP.

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