title: A smart nanofiber web that captures and releases cells.
abstract: Caught in a web: Photo-cross-linkable temperature-responsive polymer-based nanofiber webs have been synthesized that have the ability to capture, encapsulate, and release cells by dynamically transforming the fibrous structure into hydrogel-like structures by wrapping, swelling, and deswelling processes in response to external temperature changes (see picture).
authors.affiliation: Materials and Science Engineering, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebara
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry; D001577:Benzophenones / Q000737:chemistry; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013696:Temperature; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D001577:Benzophenones; D020100:Hydrogels; C047723:benzophenone; C067295:N-isopropylacrylamide