title: Large-scale fabrication of free-standing, micropatterned silica nanotubes via a hybrid hydrogel-templated route.
abstract: Free-standing, micropatterned silica nanotube membranes are in situ fabricated using a micropatterned silica-coated collagen hybrid hydrogel as template. They are substrate-free, and not only maintained their micropatterned microstructure well, but also exhibited strong cell contact guidance ability to direct cell alignment and differentiation, indicating their good potential for biomedical applications.
authors: JSPS Research Fellow, 8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan; Biomaterials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan. CHEN.Song@nims.go.jp.
authors: Song
authors: S
authors: Chen
authors: Xuetao
authors: X
authors: Shi
authors: Shanmugavel
authors: S
authors: Chinnathambi
authors: Nobutaka
authors: N
authors: Hanagata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D007118:Immunoassay; D051379:Mice; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D032446:Myoblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D003094:Collagen; D009218:Myosins
keywords: cell alignment and differentiation; hybrid hydrogel; large-scale fabrication; micropatterning; silica nanotube