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卷 27, 期 9, 页码 5671-5679出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la200183x
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- U.S. Army Research Office through Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT [DAAD-19-02-D-002]
- Draper Laboratory
- NIH [DE01323, DE016516, HL092836, DE019024, EB007249]
- NSF [DMR0-847287]
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
- Office of Naval Research
Given its biocompatibility, elasticity, and gas permeability, poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is widely used to fabricate microgrooves and microfluidic devices for three-dimensional (3D) cell culture studies. However, conformal coating of complex PDMS devices prepared by standard microfabrication techniques with desired chemical functionality is challenging. This study describes the conformal coating of PDMS microgrooves with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) by using initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD). These microgrooves guided the formation of tissue constructs from NIH-3T3 fibroblasts that could be retrieved by the temperature-dependent swelling property and hydrophilicity change of the PNIPAAm. The thickness of swollen PNIPAAm films at 24 degrees C was approximately 3 times greater than at 37 degrees C. Furthermore, PNIPAAm-coated microgroove surfaces exhibit increased hydrophilicity at 24 degrees C (contact angle theta = 30 degrees +/- 2) compared to 37 degrees C (theta = 50 degrees +/- 1). Thus PNIPAAm film on the microgrooves exhibits responsive swelling with higher hydrophilicity at room temperature, which could be used to retrieve tissue constructs. The resulting tissue constructs were the same size as the grooves and could be used as modules in tissue fabrication. Given its ability to form and retrieve cell aggregates and its integration with standard microfabrication, PNIPAAm-coated PDMS templates may become useful for 3D cell culture applications in tissue engineering and drug discovery.
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