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

  1. Javier G. Fernandez1,2,3,
  2. Ali Khademhosseini1,2,3,*

Article first published online: 3 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903893

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 22, Issue 23, pages 2538–2541, June 18, 2010

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Fernandez, J. G. and Khademhosseini, A. (2010), Micro-Masonry: Construction of 3D Structures by Microscale Self-Assembly. Advanced Materials, 22: 2538–2541. doi: 10.1002/adma.200903893

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA (USA)

  2. 2

    Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA (USA)

  3. 3

    The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Harvard University Boston, MA (USA)

*Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA (USA).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 3 MAY 2010
  3. Manuscript Revised: 5 JAN 2010
  4. Manuscript Received: 14 NOV 2009

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Keywords:

  • Biomedical applications;
  • Hydrogels;
  • MESA;
  • micromasonry;
  • PEG;
  • polymeric materials;
  • scaffold;
  • self-assembly;
  • tissue engineering

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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.

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