Issue 15, 2013
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Tuning the enzymatic hydrolysis of biodegradable polyesters and its application to surface patterning†

Yoshihiro Kikkawa,*a   Masato Fukuda,b   Nobuhiro Ichikawa,b   Ayumi Kashiwada,b   Kiyomi Matsuda,b   Masatoshi Kanesatoa  and  Tomohiro Hiraishic  

* Corresponding authors

a National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
E-mail: y.kikkkawa@aist.go.jp
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Tel: +81-29-861-2955

b Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 1-2-1 Izumi-cho, Narashino, Chiba 275-8575, Japan

c Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Abstract

Biodegradable polyester surfaces with controlled enzymatic degradability were fabricated by simple UV–ozone and UV treatments. The surface modification was applied for the development of an enzymatic lithographic technique to produce a patterned soft interface with various architecture designs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA01670F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 ዲሴም 2012
Accepted
28 ፌብሩ 2013
First published
28 ፌብሩ 2013

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 4667-4670

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Tuning the enzymatic hydrolysis of biodegradable polyesters and its application to surface patterning

Y. Kikkawa, M. Fukuda, N. Ichikawa, A. Kashiwada, K. Matsuda, M. Kanesato and T. Hiraishi, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 4667 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA01670F

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