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Shape Memory Polymers for Active Cell Culture
Published on: July 4, 2011
Mitsuhiro Ebara1, Koichiro Uto, Naokazu Idota
1Biomaterials Unit, International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Researchers created shape-memory surfaces using poly(ϵ-caprolactone) films. These surfaces change nanopatterns with body heat, enabling observation of cell alignment and cytoskeleton remodeling over time.
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