Cell alignment by smectic liquid crystal elastomer coatings with nanogrooves

• Published in: Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A Vol. 108; no. 5; pp. 1223 - 1230
• Main Authors: Babakhanova, Greta, Krieger, Jess, Li, Bing‐Xiang, Turiv, Taras, Kim, Min‐Ho, Lavrentovich, Oleg D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Alignment; biological cell alignment; Biomedical materials; Coatings; Crystals; Elastic anisotropy; Elastic properties; Elastomers; Etching; Fabrication; Fibroblasts; Fibronectin; Free surfaces; human dermal fibroblast alignment; Human performance; liquid crystal elastomer substrates; MATERIALS SCIENCE; Microprinting; nanotopography; Photopolymerization; Polymers; Smectic liquid crystals; Substrates; Tissue engineering; Topography; human dermal fibroblast alignment; nanotopography; liquid crystal elastomer substrates

Control of cells behavior through topography of substrates is an important theme in biomedical applications. Among many materials used as substrates, polymers show advantages since they can be tailored by chemical functionalization. Fabrication of polymer substrates with nano‐ and microscale topogra...