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3D Bio-Patterning Using Self-folding Polymer Films

Applicant Privatdozentin Dr. Alla Synytska, since 8/2015
Subject Area Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers
Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
Term from 2009 to 2020
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 114626003
 
Final Report Year 2021

Final Report Abstract

In summary, within the first funding period, we successfully developed novel synthetic routes for synthesis of thermoresponsive surfaces and applied them for control of adsorption of proteins and for smart patterning of proteins using visible light. We made substantial progress in development of new kinds of stimuli-responsive surfaces based on grafted polymer layers, adsorbed polymer monolayers, fusible materials and hydrogel films with different switching mechanism. We in detail investigated mechanism of switching of polymer brushes and the effect of their architecture on the switching behavior. We demonstrated new possibilities for patterning of proteins, particles and liquids. We investigated possibilities and limitations of reversible surface patterning of proteins using photothermal approach. It was shown that resolution down to 5 um could be achieved practically and theory predicts that higher resolution is possible when more powerful lasers are used. Another considerable achievement of the project is development of new method for 3D microfabrication using spontaneous folding of thin polymer bilayer films. In the second funding period we developed a cordially new approach for fabrication of complex 3D cellular structure using shape transformation – 4D biofabrication. The approach opens new perspective for fabrication of vascular structures as well as tissues with uniaxial orientation of cells (for example muscle tissue) that is now explored in the frames of new DFG projects.

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