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Cellular Encapsulation in 3D Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering
Published on: October 26, 2009
Using Congo red to report intracellular hydrogelation resulted from self-assembly of small molecules
Gaolin Liang1, Keming Xu, Lihua Li
1Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
This communication reports the use of Congo red to stain the nanofibers of self-assembled small molecules for assaying intracellular supramolecular hydrogels, which provides a convenient method to explore molecular self-assembly inside cells.

