Directing cell function and fate via micropatterning: Role of cell patterning size, shape, and interconnectivity

Biomedical Engineering Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Poudel, Ishwari ^a   Menter, Daniel E ^a   Lim, Jung Yul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Geometric confinement; Interconnectivity; Micropatterning; Shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862897569     PISSN: 20939868     EISSN: 2093985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13534-012-0045-z     Document Type: Review

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