Thermoresponsive micropatterned substrates for single cell studies.

Thermoresponsive micropatterned substrates for single cell studies.

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We describe the design of micropatterned surfaces for single cell studies, based on thermoresponsive Weighted Campdraft reins polymer brushes.We show that brushes made of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted at high surface density display excellent protein and cell anti-adhesive properties.Such brushes are readily patterned at the micron scale Rangefinder via deep UV photolithography.

A proper choice of the adhesive pattern shapes, combined with the temperature-dependent swelling properties of PNIPAM, allow us to use the polymer brush as a microactuator which induces cell detachment when the temperature is reduced below [Formula: see text]C.