Patterned electrospun nanofiber matrices via localized dissolution: potential for guided tissue formation.

Authors :: Jia C
Yu D
Lamarre M
Leopold PL
Teng YD
Wang H
Source :: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) [Adv Mater] 2014 Dec 23; Vol. 26 (48), pp. 8192-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 28.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: With the assistance of an ink-jet printer, solvent (the "ink") can be controllably and reproducibly printed onto electrospun nanofiber meshes (the "paper") to generate various micropatterns and subsequently guide distinct cellular organization and phenotype expression. In combination with the nanofiber-assisted layer-by-layer cell assembly, the patterned electrospun meshes will define an instructive microenvironment for guided tissue formation.<br /> (© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)

Subjects :: Collagen chemistry
Collagen metabolism
Computer-Aided Design
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate analogs & derivatives
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate chemistry
Polyesters chemistry
Serum Albumin, Bovine chemistry
Nanofibers chemistry

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