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BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 1197-1201Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00292g
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- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology (JST), Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [25706010, 2503353]
- JSPS Core-to-Core Program
- Strategic International Research Cooperative Program, JST
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H02076, 16K16403, 25706010, 26286053, 26102016] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This work describes the fabrication and characterization of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC)-based biomimetic bundled gel fibres. The bundled gel fibres were reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). A phase-separated aqueous solution with MWCNT and HPC was transformed into a bundled fibrous structure after being injected into a co-flow microfluidic device and applying the sheath flow. The resulting MWCNT-bundled gel fibres consist of multiple parallel microfibres. The mechanical and electrical properties of MWCNT-bundled gel fibres were improved and their potential for tissue engineering applications as a cell scaffold was demonstrated.
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