Liquid Crystal Elastomer Microspheres as Three-Dimensional Cell Scaffolds Supporting the Attachment and Proliferation of Myoblasts

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 14528-14535

  Bera, Tanmay ^a   Freeman, Ernest J ^a   McDonough, Jennifer A ^a   Clements, Robert J ^a   Aladlaan, Asaad ^a   Miller, Donald W ^b   Malcuit, Christopher ^a   Hegmann, Torsten ^a,b   Hegmann, Elda ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D cell scaffold; artificial muscle; cell proliferation; liquid crystal elastomer; microspheres; myoblasts

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MICROEMULSIONS; MICROSPHERES; MOBILE SECURITY; MUSCLE; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; PLASTICS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; CELL SCAFFOLD; CELLULAR PROLIFERATIONS; ELASTOMER MORPHOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MYOBLASTS; POROUS MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; ELASTOMER; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICE; MICROSPHERES; MYOBLASTS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84936886516     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04208     Document Type: Article

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