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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Mater. 2010 Jun 18;22(23):2538–2541. doi: 10.1002/adma.200903893

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the micro-masonry assembly process.

Figure 1

Microgels of desired shapes were produced by photolithography and mixed with a solution containing the pre-polymer (A). The solution was poured on the surface of a high affinity PDMS mold (B) where it spread on the PDMS surface (C). The removal of the excess pre-polymer solution induced a further packing of the microgels (D). The system was exposed to light to crosslink the pre-polymer remaining by the units and the structure was subsequently separated from the PDMS surface (E)