Non-contact printing of proteins on reactive polymer surfaces: A novel route towards structured and graded cell culture carriers

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-633

  Herklotz, M ^a   Melamed, M ^a   Trautmann, C ^a   Nitschke, M ^a   Pompe, T ^a   Gast, F U ^b   Howitz, F ^b   Werner, C ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b GeSiM mbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Micropatterning; Non contact printing

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES; PROTEINS;

MICROPATTERNING; NON-CONTACT PRINTING; REACTIVE SURFACE;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 34547899921     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-006-0140-5     Document Type: Article

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