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Carbon Nanotube Monolayer Patterns for Directed Growth of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Author(s) -
Park S. Y.,
Park S. Y.,
Namgung S.,
Kim B.,
Im J.,
Kim J. Y.,
Sun K.,
Lee K. B.,
Nam J.M.,
Park Y.,
Hong S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200600875
Subject(s) - monolayer , carbon nanotube , mesenchymal stem cell , materials science , nanotechnology , nanotube , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Carbon nanotube (CNT) monolayer patterns are utilized to control the growth of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) (see figure). MSCs exhibit preferential growth on CNT patterns, suggesting that the CNT monolayer does not have a harmful effect on the MSCs. Furthermore, the growth of MSCs on swCNT patterns between electrodes is demonstrated. These results show that CNT patterns have enormous potential as a new platform for basic research and applications using stem cells.