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    • Cell Biology
    • Materials Science

    Background:

    • Material mechanical properties significantly influence cell behavior at the cell-substrate interface.
    • Conventional understanding of cell-substrate interactions often overlooks viscoelasticity.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the unique elastic and viscoelastic properties of microgel multilayers.
    • To determine how these properties modulate fibroblast morphology and protein adsorption.
    • To explore the role of viscoelasticity in cell-substrate dynamics.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of microgel multilayers.
    • Mechanical characterization of elastic and viscoelastic properties.
    • Culturing fibroblasts on microgel films.
    • Analysis of cell morphology, protein adsorption, and cell adhesion.

    Main Results:

    • Microgel multilayers possess tunable elastic and viscoelastic properties.
    • Modulation of these properties induced significant morphological changes in fibroblasts.
    • Protein adsorption and cell adhesion correlated with material properties.
    • Viscoelasticity was identified as a key factor in cell-substrate interactions.

    Conclusions:

    • Microgel multilayers offer a tunable platform for controlling cell behavior.
    • Viscoelasticity plays a critical role in cell-material interactions at the microscale.
    • This work advances the understanding of dynamic cell-substrate interactions beyond traditional models.