Photo-responsive photonic hydrogel: <i>in situ</i> manipulation and monitoring of cell scaffold stiffness
Sen Li, Yi Zeng, Wei Hou, Wang Wan, Junning Zhang, Yuli Wang, Xin Du, Zhongze Gu
Abstract
A photo-responsive hydrogel cell scaffold is generated for <italic>in situ</italic> manipulating and monitoring excelluar matrix stiffness.
Topics & Concepts
In situScaffoldMaterials scienceStiffnessMatrix (chemical analysis)NanotechnologySelf-healing hydrogelsBiomedical engineeringComposite materialChemistryPolymer chemistryEngineeringOrganic chemistryAdvanced Materials and MechanicsCellular Mechanics and InteractionsAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques