Argon-plasma-induced ultrathin thermal grafting of thermoresponsive pNIPAm coating for contractile patterned human SMC sheet engineering

• Main Authors: Rayatpisheh, Shahrzad, Li, Peng, Chan-Park, Mary B.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96377; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17320
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A new method for ultrathin grafting of pNIPAm on PDMS surfaces is introduced that employs plasma activation of the surface followed by thermal polymerization. This method is optimized for human primary SMC attachment and subsequent intact cell sheet detachment by lowering the temperature. The contra...