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Abstract

This paper presents a force stamp method to grow microstructures on hydrogel surfaces using a force-triggered polymerization mechanism of double-network hydrogels. This method enables fast spatial modulation of hydrogel surface morphology and chemistry for on-demand functions, demonstrated by oriented cell growth and directional water droplet transport.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Oct 20, 2022

Authors

Qifeng Mu, Kunpeng Cui, Zhi Jian Wang, Takahiro Matsuda, Wei Cui, Hinako Kato, Shotaro Namiki, Tomoko Yamazaki, Martin Frauenlob, Takayuki Nonoyama, Masumi Tsuda, Shinya Tanaka, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong

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