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Superhydrophobic Surfaces as a Tool for the Fabrication of Hierarchical Spherical Polymeric Carriers
Author(s) -
Costa Ana M. S.,
AlatorreMeda Manuel,
AlvarezLorenzo Carmen,
Mano João F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201500192
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , fabrication , biocompatible material , materials science , encapsulation (networking) , cell encapsulation , methacrylate , computer science , polymer , engineering , monomer , self healing hydrogels , polymer chemistry , biomedical engineering , medicine , computer network , alternative medicine , pathology , composite material
Hierarchical polymeric carriers with high encapsulation efficiencies are fabricated via a biocompatible strategy developed using superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces. The carries are obtained by the incorporation of cell/BSA‐loaded dextran–methacrylate (DEXT–MA) microparticles into alginate (ALG) macroscopic beads. Engineered devices like these are expected to boost the development of innovative and customizable systems for biomedical and biotechnological purposes.