Issue 8, 2009
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Soft Matter

3D microstructuring of smart bioactive hydrogels based on recombinant elastin-like polymers

Laura Martín,a   Matilde Alonso,a   Martin Möller,b   José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello*a  and  Petra Mela*b  

* Corresponding authors

a G.I.R. Bioforge, University of Valladolid, Ciber-bbn, Paseo de Belén 1, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
E-mail: cabello@bioforge.uva.es
Tel: +34 983 184 686

b Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen and DWI e.V., Pauwelsstr. 8, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
E-mail: mela@dwi.rwth-aachen.de
Tel: +49 241 8023351

Abstract

We describe a simple method of replica moulding to obtain novel 3D microstructured smart hydrogels based on protein polymers mimicking the structure and behaviour of the extracellular matrix (ECM).

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B823488D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jan 2009
Accepted
27 Feb 2009
First published
10 Mar 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 1591-1593

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3D microstructuring of smart bioactive hydrogels based on recombinant elastin-like polymers

L. Martín, M. Alonso, M. Möller, J. C. Rodríguez-Cabello and P. Mela, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 1591 DOI: 10.1039/B823488D

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