Micro-Masonry: Construction of 3D Structures by Microscale Self-Assembly

Citation:

Fernandez JG, Khademhosseini A. Micro-Masonry: Construction of 3D Structures by Microscale Self-Assembly. Advanced Materials. 2010;22 :2538-2541.
Micro-Masonry: Construction of 3D Structures by Microscale Self-Assembly

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.

Notes:

• CNET: Breakthrough in tissue engineering: 'Bio-Legos'”
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20004937-247.html

• New Scientist: 'Human Lego' may one day build artificial organs
Wendy Wolfson, 2010
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627615.200-human-lego-may-one-da...

• The New York Times: Micromasonry & Biological Lego
Ben Schott, 2010
http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/micromasonry-biological-lego

• MIT News: Building organs block by block
Anne Trafton, 2010
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/tissue-legos-0513

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