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3D Cell Culture: Fabrication of Hydrogel Particles of Defined Shapes Using Superhydrophobic‐Hydrophilic Micropatterns (Adv. Mater. 35/2016)
Author(s) -
Neto Ana I.,
Demir Konstantin,
Popova Anna A.,
Oliveira Mariana B.,
Mano João F.,
Levkin Pavel A.
Publication year - 2016
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.201670244
Subject(s) - materials science , dewetting , fabrication , superhydrophilicity , nanotechnology , fluorescence , fluorescence microscope , microscopy , optics , wetting , composite material , thin film , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , physics
The inside front cover shows an array of microdroplets on a superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic pattern. Fluorescence microscopy images of hydrogel microparticles incorporating live cells expressing green fluorescent protein are visible in the background. These hydrogel particles are produced using the effect of discontinuous dewetting allowing for a rapid pipetting‐free fabrication of thousands of arrayed microdroplets and hydrogel microparticles with complex geometries and sizes, as reported by P. Levkin and co‐workers on page 7613.