Anisotropic material synthesis by capillary flow in a fluid stripe

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 6493-6504

  Hancock, Matthew J ^a,b   Piraino, Francesco ^a,b,c   Camci Unal, Gulden ^a,b   Rasponi, Marco ^c   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Cell encapsulation; Composite materials; Gradients; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL SPREADING; COATED GLASS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DROPLET VOLUME; FLUID VISCOSITY; GLASS SLIDES; GRADIENT LENGTH; GRADIENTS; HYDROPHILIC REGIONS; PASSIVE MECHANISM; PREPOLYMERS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CROSSLINKING; DROPS; GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOMERS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOPOLYMER; NANOCOATING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL SPREADING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY GRADIENT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LABORATORY TEST; NANOENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MICE; MICROSPHERES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 79960089956     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.057     Document Type: Article

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