It has been estimated that over a billion dollars in resources can be consumed to obtain
clinical approval, and only a few new chemical entities are approved by the US Food and …

The review focuses on the combination of surface topography and surface chemical
modification with the grafting of polymer chains to develop optimal material interfaces for …

Air trapped within the interstices of TiO2 nanotube surfaces bearing superhydrophobic/
superhydrophilic microtemplated domains controls formation of protein micropatterns but not …

Protein/surface interactions are well known to play an important role in various biological
phenomena and to determine the ultimate biofunctionality of a given material once it is in …

A little more than two decades after the introduction of the first microcavity plasma devices, a
growing body of commercial products based on the remarkable properties of these low …

Precision photoablation of bulk polymers or films with incoherent vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)
radiation from flat, microplasma array-powered lamps has led to the realization of a …

As the demand for hip and knee replacements continues to grow, researchers look to
increase the operational lifetimes of these implants. Many implant failures are attributed to …

Though silicone rubber has been used in the biomedical field, its inherent hydrophobic
nature and “hydrophobic recovery” limit its wide application. In this article, cross‐linked and …

This in-vitro study introduces residual stress as a third dimension of cell stimulus to modulate
the interaction between cells and bio-template, without the addition of either chemical or …

Platelets play a fundamental role in thrombus formation and in the pathogenesis of arterial
thrombosis. Patterning surfaces for controlled platelet adhesion paves the way for adhesion …