Advanced Materials, Vol.21, No.21, 2161-2161, 2009
Aligned Cell Sheets Grown on Thermo-Responsive Substrates with Microcontact Printed Protein Patterns
The thermo-responsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) is microcontact printed with fibronectin lanes. Cells seeded onto these substrates form globally aligned tissue sheets that can be harvested by lowering the temperature.