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Shrink-film configurable multiscale wrinkles for functional alignment of human embryonic stem cells and their cardiac derivatives

  • Aaron Chen
  • , Deborah K. Lieu
  • , Lauren Freschauf
  • , Valerie Lew
  • , Himanshu Sharma
  • , Jiaxian Wang
  • , Diep Nguyen
  • , Ioannis Karakikes
  • , Roger J. Hajjar
  • , Ajay Gopinathan
  • , Elliot Botvinick
  • , Charless C. Fowlkes
  • , Ronald A. Li
  • , Michelle Khine

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Abstract

A biomimetic substrate for cell-culture is fabricated by plasma treatment of a prestressed thermoplastic shrink film to create tunable multiscaled alignment "wrinkles". Using this substrate, the functional alignment of human embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5785-5791
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume23
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Dec 2011

Keywords

  • action potential propagation
  • biomimetics
  • contact guidance
  • human embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

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