Multiscale Fabrication of Functional Materials for Regenerative Medicine

• Main Author: Bianchi, Michele (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Materials science.; Analytical chemistry.; Nanochemistry.; Cell biology.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Analytical Chemistry.; Cell Biology.

Regenerative medicine demands new concepts and fabrication tools to improve our common knowledge about cell-cell and cell-environment interactions. In this work, Michele Bianchi  shows that different kinds of signals, such as chemical, topographical, and electrical signals,  can be arranged in a hig...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Experimental Techniques
• Stable Non-Covalent Functionalization Of Teflon-AF (Chemical Control)
• Multiscale Patterning Of TiO2 For Cell Growth Control (Topographical Control)
• Control Of Neural Cell Adhesion On 3D-SWCNT (Electrical Control)
• Lithographical Controlled Etching (Appendix).