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Responsive Coatings: Stimuli‐Responsive Thin Coatings Using Elastin‐Like Polymers for Biomedical Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2009)
Author(s) -
Costa Rui R.,
Custódio Catarina A.,
Testera Ana M.,
Arias Francisco J.,
RodríguezCabello José C.,
Alves Natália M.,
Mano João F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200990093
Subject(s) - materials science , elastin , polymer , coating , adhesion , nanotechnology , cell adhesion , smart polymer , macromolecule , polymer science , protein adsorption , chitosan , adsorption , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , medicine , pathology , engineering
Costa et al. successfully apply a simple protein adsorption technique combining chitosan substrates and recombinant elastin‐like polymers (ELPs) on page 3210 . This process allows for coating of polysaccharide substrates with such biomimetic macromolecules, resulting in interesting properties such as smart behavior and improved cell adhesion. The figure illustrates symbolically the reversible structural changes that occur to the ELP simply by changing temperature.