Cell-instructive biointerfaces with dynamic complexity

Abstract

1.4. Conclusions and future perspectives 1.4.1. Thesis outline 54 1.5. Acknowledgments 55 1.6. References Chapter 2: Light-responsive hierarchically structured liquid crystal polymer networks for harnessing cell adhesion and migration 2.1. Introduction 64 2.2. Results and Discussion 65 2.2.1. Encoding topography using light in LCNs to harness 65 cell behavior 2.2.2. Cell adhesion and migration patterns on hierarchically 70 structured surfaces 2.2.3. Spatial and temporal switches in cell migration on the same LCN surface 2.3. Conclusions 82 2.4. Experimental Section 2.5. Acknowledgments 2.6. References 2.7. Videos 92 Chapter 3: Guiding human mesenchymal stem cell adhesion and differentiation on supported lipid bilayers 3.