A unique physical-chemistry approach for fabricating cell friendly surfaces

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Irvine, Scott ^a,b   Sullivan, Alice C ^c   McEwan, Jean R ^b   Jayasinghe, Suwan N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed assembly; Electrospays; Living siloxane sol; Nanobiotechnology; Surface science and engineering

Indexed keywords

SILOXANE SOL; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELLS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY;

SILOXANE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRIC FIELD; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; MATERIALS TESTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 38849144548     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700111     Document Type: Article

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