Rapid isothermal substrate microfabrication of a biocompatible thermoplastic elastomer for cellular contact guidance

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2492-2498

  Guillemette, Maxime D ^a,b,c,d   Roy, Emmanuel ^a   Auger, François A ^b,c   Veres, Teodor ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cell proliferation; Elastomer; Microstructure; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; COATINGS; ELASTOMERS; ETHYLENE; ISOTHERMS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTICS; CELL ORIENTATION; CELLS ADHESION; CELLULARS; CONTACT GUIDANCE; MICRO-FABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURED SUBSTRATES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE(PDMS); SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; THERMOPLASTICS (ELASTOMERS);

CELL PROLIFERATION;

ELASTOMER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE ETHYLENE BUTYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79955574318     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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