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Gold Foams for Drug Delivery: Microfabrication‐Compatible Nanoporous Gold Foams as Biomaterials for Drug Delivery (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2/2012)
Author(s) -
Seker Erkin,
Berdichevsky Yevgeny,
Staley Kevin J.,
Yarmush Martin L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201290008
Subject(s) - nanoporous , microfabrication , materials science , nanotechnology , drug delivery , scanning electron microscope , biomedical engineering , composite material , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Nanoporous gold can be produced by a facile self‐assembly process that is compatible with conventional microfabrication techniques. On page 172 , Erkin Seker and co‐workers demonstrate this material's biocom‐patibility and its capability to deliver drugs for modulating cellular response. The cover image, acquired with a high‐resolution scanning electron microscope, illustrates an astrocyte latching onto the grooves of a nanoporous gold surface.