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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2010 Sep 19;32(2):410–418. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.08.105

Figure 1. Micropatterning to control VSMC shape and organization using microcontact printed comb polymer patterns.

Figure 1

(A) Comb polymer solution is spun-cast onto a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp and printed onto the cell culture substrate. The comb polymer acts as a protein- and cell-resistant barrier: cell attachment is restricted to exposed (non-printed) regions. (B) Representative phase contrast image of VSMCs in 10 μm-wide lanes of tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) with 100 μm-wide comb polymer barriers.