Surface modification of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane poly(carbonate-urea) urethane (POSS-PCU) nanocomposite polymer as a stent coating for enhanced capture of endothelial progenitor cells

• Main Authors: Cousins, Brian G., Hamblin, Michael R., Alavijeh, Mohammad S., Seifalian, Alexander M., Malkovskiy, Andrey V., Rajadas, Jayakumar, Tan, Aaron, Farhatnia, Yasmin, Goh, Debbie, G, Natasha, de Mel, Achala, Lim, Jing, Teoh, Swee-Hin, Chawla, Reema
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biochemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101633; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18652
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An unmet need exists for the development of next-generation multifunctional nanocomposite materials for biomedical applications, particularly in the field of cardiovascular regenerative biology. Herein, we describe the preparation and characterization of a novel polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane...