Microfluidic Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Microfibers with Controllable Magnetic Spindle-Knots for 3D Assembly and Water Collection

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 17471-17481

  He, Xiao Heng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Ying Mei ^a   Jiang, Ming Yue ^a   Wu, Fang ^a   Deng, Ke ^a   Liu, Zhuang ^a   Ju, Xiao Jie ^a   Xie, Rui ^a   Chu, Liang Yin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomimetic microfibers; magnetic assembly; microfluidics; template synthesis; water collection

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; DROPS; MAGNETISM; NANOMAGNETICS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILK; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

3-D SCAFFOLDS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CALCIUM ALGINATE; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY; MICROFIBERS; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS; WATER COLLECTION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MAGNETITE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDICS;

ALGINATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MICROFLUIDICS; WATER;

EID: 84939180196     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05075     Document Type: Article

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