Self-assembled gel tubes, filaments and 3D-printing with<i>in situ</i>metal nanoparticle formation and enhanced stem cell growth
Carmen C. Piras, Alasdair G. Kay, Paul G. Genever, Juliette Fitremann, David K. Smith
Abstract
Simple fabrication and 3D-printing methods are used to generate tubes and filaments from self-assembled gels, which can be loaded in situ with gold nanoparticles, with the resulting gels encouraging stem cell proliferation.
Topics & Concepts
In situNanoparticleMaterials scienceNanotechnologyMetal3D printingChemical engineeringChemistryMetallurgyOrganic chemistryEngineeringSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications3D Printing in Biomedical Research