Advantage of Alginate Bioinks in Biofabrication for Various Tissue Engineering Applications

Table 2

Advantages and disadvantages of alginate bioinks.

Advantages	Disadvantages
Bio inertness	Inadequate degradation
Low-cost	Cell-binding motifs
Easily available	Limited cell–material interactions
Easily tunable	Strong hydrophilic nature
Biocompatible	Fast gelation causing nozzle clogging
Biodegradable	Printing inhomogeneities
Tissue-specific mechanical properties	Poor dimensional stability