A thermoresponsive hydrogel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) micropatterning method using microfluidic techniques

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Hou, Huijie ^a   Kim, Woosik ^b   Grunlan, Melissa ^b   Han, Arum ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FLOW SPEED; HYDROGEL MICROSTRUCTURES; HYDROGEL PATTERNS; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTRATE; LARGE ARRAYS; MICRO PATTERNING; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUES; MICROPATTERNS; MICROSCALE STRUCTURES; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; PNIPAAM; POLY-N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATE PREPARATION; THERMORESPONSIVE HYDROGELS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; FABRICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 70450162331     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/12/127001     Document Type: Article

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