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Clay Gels For the Delivery of Regenerative Microenvironments
Author(s) -
Dawson Jonathan I.,
Kanczler Janos M.,
Yang Xuebin B.,
Attard George S.,
Oreffo Richard O.C.
Publication year - 2011
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.201100968
Subject(s) - materials science , encapsulation (networking) , regeneration (biology) , nanotechnology , regenerative medicine , tissue engineering , chemical engineering , biophysics , stem cell , biomedical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , computer network , engineering , computer science , medicine
The sorptive properties of clay are harnessed to provide niches for tissue regeneration. Synthetic smectite clays self‐organize into gels under physiological conditions to allow encapsulation of cells and demonstrate remarkable capacity for the localization of biological molecules without the need for complex chemical modifications.