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Back Cover: A Facile Method for Preparing Temperature‐Responsive Cell Culture Surfaces by Using a Thioxanthone Photoinitiator Immobilized on a Polystyrene Surface (ChemNanoMat 5/2016)
Author(s) -
Fukumori Kazuhiro,
Akiyama Yoshikatsu,
Yamato Masayuki,
Okano Teruo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemnanomat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.947
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2199-692X
DOI - 10.1002/cnma.201600143
Subject(s) - photoinitiator , thioxanthone , polystyrene , polymer chemistry , materials science , polymerization , chemical engineering , chemistry , polymer , composite material , monomer , engineering
The cover picture shows a facile method for preparing temperature‐responsive cell culture surfaces by using a thioxanthone photoinitiator immobilized on a polystyrene surface. Thioxanthone groups, which served as the photoinitiator, were directly formed on polystyrene culture dish surfaces (TX‐PSt). Subsequently, poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm) was grafted onto the TX‐PSt surfaces (PIPAAm‐TX‐PSt) by using visible light or light‐emitting diode irradiation‐induced surface‐initiated polymerization methods. By optimizing the amount of grafted PIPAAm, the resulting PIPAAm‐TX‐PSt successfully exhibited characteristics of a temperature‐responsive cell culture surface (TRCS). In addition, a stripe micropatterned polyacrylamide area was successively formed onto the photoirradiated PIPAAm‐TX‐PSt surface by using a chromium‐photomask. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Y. Akiyama, T. Okano et al. on page 454 in Issue 5, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201600056).