Fig. 1From: Flexible material formulations for 3D printing of ordered porous beds with applications in bioprocess engineeringSchematic flow diagram for the design, manufacture, and experimental testing of porous monoliths for applications in bioprocess engineering. a Chemical structures of bifunctional monomers (CEA, AETAC, MAETAC, HEMA) employed, displaying (meth)acrylate groups for polymerization (blue) and active groups (red). b Simulated reduced plate height vs reduced velocity (Peclet) for the gyroidal scaffold (this work) and random packing of spherical particles (extracted from Schure et al. 2004). c, f CAD models of hollow cylinder and gyroid structures, respectively, together their 3D printed counterparts (d, g). Experimental characterization of e hollow cylinders using 96 multi-well plate set-up in static (batch) mode and h gyroid scaffold in column for dynamic testingBack to article page