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Micropatterning: Fabrication of Multifaceted Micropatterned Surfaces with Laser Scanning Lithography (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2011)
Author(s) -
Slater John H.,
Miller Jordan S.,
Yu Shann S.,
West Jennifer L.
Publication year - 2011
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.201190060
Subject(s) - micropatterning , materials science , nanotechnology , lamella (surface anatomy) , fabrication , lithography , adhesion , micrometer , adhesive , photolithography , dip pen nanolithography , ligand (biochemistry) , nanolithography , optoelectronics , chemistry , composite material , optics , layer (electronics) , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , biochemistry , receptor
The implementation of engineered surfaces with micrometer‐sized patterns of cell adhesive ligands against a biologically inert background has led to numerous discoveries in fundamental cell biology. On page 2876 , Jennifer L. West and co‐workers present a laser‐based patterning strategy for the fabrication of surfaces displaying multiple patterned ligands, where each ligand is confined to its own array. Cells cultured on surfaces with two ligands display concurrent adhesion to both ligands simultaneously and utilize both ligands for lamella formation during migration.