Volume 102, Issue 7 pp. 1580-1594
Review Article

A mini-review: Cell response to microscale, nanoscale, and hierarchical patterning of surface structure

HoJun Jeon

HoJun Jeon

Department of Bio-Mechatronic Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea

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Carl G. Simon Jr

Corresponding Author

Carl G. Simon Jr

Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Correspondence to: C.G. Simon (e-mail: [email protected]) and G.H. Kim (e-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
GeunHyung Kim

Corresponding Author

GeunHyung Kim

Department of Bio-Mechatronic Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea

Correspondence to: C.G. Simon (e-mail: [email protected]) and G.H. Kim (e-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
First published: 28 March 2014
Citations: 162

Abstract

Cellular behavior can be influenced by the chemical and physical surface characteristics of biomedical substrates. To understand the relationships between various topographical surface patterns and cellular activities, various types of pattern models have been developed and examined in a range of sizes (microscale, nanoscale, and hierarchical structures consisting of both) and shapes (pillar, hole, groove, grate, grid, and island). Here, we review fabrication methods for obtaining physically patterned microscale and nanoscale surfaces, and discuss the relationships between cellular responses and physically patterned surfaces, which could be applied to various biomedical scaffolds used in tissue engineering applications. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 102B: 1580–1594, 2014.

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