Optically responsive and mechanically tunable colloid-in-liquid crystal gels that support growth of fibroblasts

Advanced Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4804-4809

  Agarwal, Ankit ^a   Huang, Elise ^a   Palecek, Sean ^a   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; FIBROBLASTS; FILMS; GELATION; GELS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES; COATED SURFACES; DO-MAINS; LIQUID CRYSTAL GELS; MICRO PARTICLES; PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 58049154392     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800932     Document Type: Article

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