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21. Self-standing aligned fiber scaffold fabrication by two photon photopolymerization

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Hidai, Hirofumi, Jeon, Hojeong, Hwang, David J., and Grigoropoulos, Costas P.

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Engineering, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Nanotechnology, Biophysics/Biomedical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Cell morphology, Fiber scaffold, Laser manufacturing, Two-photon polymerization, Fibroblast cell, Epithelial cell
Abstract

Development of materials and fabrication techniques lead the growth of three-dimensional cell culture matrices in biomedical engineering. In this work, we present a method for fabricating self-standing fiber scaffolds by two-photon polymerization induced by a femtosecond laser. The aligned fibers are 330 μm long with a diameter of 6–9 μm. Depending on the pitch of the aligned fibers, various cell morphologies are distinguished via three-dimensional images. Furthermore, the morphologies of fibroblast cells (NIH-3T3) and epithelial cells (MDCK) on the fiber scaffolds are studied to show the effect of high curvature (3–4.5 μm radii) on cell morphology. NIH-3T3 cells that contain straight pattern of actin microfilament bundles are extended and partly wrap single fibers or tend to reside between fibers. On the other hand, MDCK cells that contain circular pattern of actin microfilament bundles cover the fiber peripheral surface exhibiting high aspect ratio elongation. These results indicate that cell morphology on fiber scaffolds is influenced by the pattern of actin microfilament bundles.

Published
2009

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