@article {146831, title = {Micro-Masonry: Construction of 3D Structures by Microscale Self-Assembly}, journal = {Advanced Materials}, volume = {22}, year = {2010}, note = {{\textbullet} CNET: Breakthrough in tissue engineering: {\textquoteright}Bio-Legos{\textquoteright}{\textquotedblright} Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, 2010 http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20004937-247.html {\textbullet} New Scientist: {\textquoteright}Human Lego{\textquoteright} may one day build artificial organs Wendy Wolfson, 2010 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627615.200-human-lego-may-one-day-build-artificial-organs.html {\textbullet} The New York Times: Micromasonry \& Biological Lego Ben Schott, 2010 http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/micromasonry-biological-lego {\textbullet} MIT News: Building organs block by block Anne Trafton, 2010 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/tissue-legos-0513 }, pages = {2538-2541}, publisher = {WILEY-VCH Verlag}, abstract = {A biocompatible method for general construction of 3D structures by aggregation of micrometric polymeric subunits is presented. Shape-controlled microgels are forced to self-assemble, in a structure similar to a brick wall, in different shapes by limiting their movement onto a surface. Scaffolds with high spatial resolution in the aggregation and composed by the addition of multiple layers are produced.}, keywords = {Biomedical applications, Hydrogels, MESA, micromasonry, PEG, polymeric materials, scaffold, Self-assembly, tissue engineering}, isbn = {1521-4095}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.200903893/abstract}, author = {Fernandez, Javier G. and Khademhosseini, Ali} }