| Literature DB >> 18454530 |
Gavrielle M Price1, Kengyeh K Chu, James G Truslow, Min D Tang-Schomer, Andrew P Golden, Jerome Mertz, Joe Tien.
Abstract
This work describes a method to bond patterned macromolecular gels into monolithic structures using perturbants. Bonding strengths for a variety of solutes follow a Hofmeister ordering; this result and optical measurements indicate that bonding occurs by reversible perturbation of contacting gels. The resulting microfluidic gels are mechanically robust and can serve as scaffolds for cell culture.Mesh:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18454530 PMCID: PMC2394282 DOI: 10.1021/ja711340d
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419