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Cell Encapsulation: Superhydrophobic Surfaces as a Tool for the Fabrication of Hierarchical Spherical Polymeric Carriers (Small 30/2015)
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.201570177
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , microcarrier , materials science , encapsulation (networking) , fabrication , cell encapsulation , polymer , self healing hydrogels , cell , computer science , chemistry , composite material , polymer chemistry , medicine , computer network , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology
Superhydrophobic surfaces are found by J. F. Mano and co‐workers to constitute a new, versatile, and cost‐effective tool to produce engineered polymeric assemblies in mild conditions. As reported on page 3648, the resultant hierarchical carriers consist of microcarriers embedded in a polymeric matrix and allow the encapsulation of both proteins and cells with high efficiency rates. This work is expected to inspire the design of customizable systems to transport bioactive agents and cells in tissue engineering applications.