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A Smart Nanofiber Web That Captures and Releases Cells
Author(s) -
Kim YoungJin,
Ebara Mitsuhiro,
Aoyagi Takao
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201204139
Subject(s) - nanofiber , swelling , materials science , polymer , computer science , composite material , nanotechnology
Caught in a web : Photo‐cross‐linkable temperature‐responsive polymer‐based nanofiber webs have been synthesized that have the ability to capture, encapsulate, and release cells by dynamically transforming the fibrous structure into hydrogel‐like structures by wrapping, swelling, and deswelling processes in response to external temperature changes (see picture).