Table 1.

Results of cell alignment performance on various substrate materials and surface pattern designs.

Reference	Cell Type	Substrate	Line Width Range (μm)	Trench Width Range (μm)	Maximum Alignment Line/Trench Width (μm)
[44]	Human corneal epithelial cells	Silicon oxide	0.07–1.9	0.3–2.1	0.85/1.15
[54]	Osteoblast-like cells (MG63)	Silicon	0.09–0.5	0.09–0.5	0.15/0.15
[48]	HeLa cells	Polydimethylsiloxane	2–30	1.5–3.0	2/2
[38]	Human neural stem cells	Polydimethylsiloxane	5–20	5–60	5/5
[37]	Human mesenchymal stem cells	Polystyrene stripes	5–1000	5–1000	20/20
[40]	Adult neural stem cells	Poly-d-lysine with Printed laminin strips	30	30–170	30/30