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Light-mediated Formation and Patterning of Hydrogels for Cell Culture Applications
Published on: September 29, 2016
Precise macroscopic supramolecular assembly of photopatterned hydrogels
Yuan Xue1, Kai Ye, Xuebin Wang
1Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130# Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China. baochunyan@ecust.edu.cn Linyongzhu@ecust.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Here we demonstrate that a precise macroscopic supramolecular assembly (MSA) can be achieved using a surface photopatterning strategy. The electrostatic interaction of the photopatterned polyelectrolytes drives hydrogel cuboids to form a stable MSA on a millimeter scale and the spatial controllability of light enables the hydrogels to be assembled into complex supramolecular architectures.
