Microcontact printing: A tool to pattern
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Microcontact Printing of Proteins for Cell Biology
Published on: December 5, 2008
Sami Alom Ruiz1, Christopher S Chen2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA and Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. chrischen@seas.upenn.edu.
Abstract:
Microcontact printing has proven to be a useful technique in the patterned functionalization of certain chemicals onto surfaces. It has been particularly valuable in the patterning of biological materials. In this review, we describe the basic principles of the technology as well as its use in several applications, with an emphasis on biological ones. We also discuss the limitations and future directions of this method.
