In situ, cells are highly sensitive to geometrical and mechanical constraints from their
microenvironment. These parameters are, however, uncontrolled under classic culture …

Since the early 2000s, extensive research has been performed to address numerous
challenges in biochip and biosensor fabrication in order to use them for various biomedical …

Polymers featuring photolabile groups are the subject of intense research because they
allow the alteration of polymer properties simply by irradiation. In particular, the o-nitrobenzyl …

Abstract ο-Nitrobenzyl (ONB) derivatives are one of the most investigated photo-responsive
functional group that features irreversible photolysis under a light stimulus. They are ease of …

The fabrication of microfluidic chips is becoming a mature field and channels can be reliably
defined with micrometer‐scale precision in a variety of substrates. In addition to channel …

Polymers with light-responsive groups have gained increased attention in the design of
functional materials, as they allow changes in polymers properties, on demand, and simply …

Traditional synthetic substrates and matrices for cell culture have proven to be of only limited
utility in efforts to understand and control cell behavior, in large part because they fail to …

This chapter describes the production of micropatterns of extracellular matrix proteins on a
2D flat polyacrylamide (PAA) gel. The technique is divided into two parts. First, micropatterns …

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate cytotoxic lymphocytes exerting cytotoxicity against virally
infected cells and tumor cells. NK cell cytotoxicity is primarily determined by biochemical …

Micro/nanofabricated surfaces have been widely used for the study of topography-guided
migration of cells. While the current studies mostly utilized micro/nanostructures containing …