Research Article
Application of Biomaterials and Inkjet Printing to Develop Bacterial Culture System
Table 1
Printability and time required per sample of SCS and MCS printers with sodium alginate (SA) solutions.
| | | SCS | MCS |
| | Printability of solutions | | | | PVA/ADH/H2O mixture | | | | 2.25 : 0.5 : 97.25 | ✓ | ✓ | | 4.5 : 0.5 : 95 | ✗ | ✓ | | 9 : 0.5 : 90.5 | ✗ | ✓ | | 13.5 : 0.5 : 86 | ✗ | ✗ | | 18 : 0.5 : 81.5 | ✗ | ✗ | | SA 0.01% | ✓ | ✓ | | SA 0.025% | ✓ | ✓ | | SA 0.05% | ✗ | ✓ | | SA 0.1% | ✗ | ✓ | | CaCl2 0.05% | ✓ | ✓ | | Bacto tryptone 0.1 g/L | ✓ | ✓ | | Yeast extract 0.05 g/L | ✓ | ✓ | | Time required per sample | | | | Average (min) | 120 | 40 | | Accuracy error (%) | 0.00 | 0.44 |
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✓: successfully printed; ✗: unable to eject.
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