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Tomographic Printing in a Chip: A Versatile Platform for Biomimetic 3D Organ-on-Chip

Rizzo, Riccardo
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Sgarminato, Viola
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Wechsler, Felix  
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March 2, 2026

Organ-on-chip (OoC) platforms are increasingly adopted for predictive in vitro testing. However, most remain limited by soft-lithography-derived 2.5D microfluidic architectures and non-physiological rigid materials, or bioprinting approaches that require complex and failure-prone post-fabrication assembly. Here, we present a versatile approach that integrates tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM) directly within preassembled microfluidic chips, enabling rapid, contactless fabrication of freeform 3D OoCs. Leveraging our open-source optical simulation framework, Dr.TVAM, we perform TVAM in custom-designed chips, eliminating post-printing manual assembly steps that commonly lead to leakage, contamination, and poor reproducibility. This strategy, termed TVAM-in-a-chip, supports the generation of diverse 3D channel architectures in multiple biocompatible photoresins spanning a wide range of chemistries and mechanical properties, including cell-laden formulations. We demonstrate multi-channel designs, compatibility with confocal imaging, and dynamic culture of epithelial and endothelial models. Overall, TVAM-in-a-chip overcomes key limitations of current OoC technologies and paves the way for a new generation of scalable, biomimetic 3D platforms for advanced in vitro modeling.

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preprint
DOI
10.64898/2026.02.26.708161
Author(s)
Rizzo, Riccardo

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sgarminato, Viola

Politecnico di Torino

Wechsler, Felix  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Moser, C.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2026-03-02

Publisher

bioRxiv

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EPFL

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LAPD  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation

P5R5-3_235066

Swiss National Science Foundation

10007068

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March 3, 2026
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/261038
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