硅表面CS/BSA复合微图形的制备及表征

采用微加工方法在硅表面成功地制备出壳聚糖/牛血清白蛋白(CS/BSA)复合微图形. 借助光镜和荧光显微镜对复合微图形进行形貌分析. 利用大肠杆菌和白色葡萄球菌定量考察了CS/BSA复合微图形的抗菌性能, 结果表明, 硅表面沟槽交叉状CS/BSA复合微图形对两种细菌都具有较好的抗菌效果. 通过MC3T3-E成骨细胞培养考察了复合微图形的细胞相容性, 结果表明, CS/BSA复合微图形对于细胞的生长方向具有较强的诱导性, 可促进细胞在材料表面的黏附、铺展及增殖分化. 结果表明, 采用微转移模塑法制备的CS/BSA复合微图形具有较好的抗菌性和细胞相容性.     

碳纳米管/壳聚糖复合微球的原位仿生矿化及表征

对碳纳米管(CNTs)进行酸化处理, 采用乳化交联法制备CNTs/壳聚糖(CS)复合微球, 在其表面诱导羟基磷灰石仿生合成, 研究了CNTs对复合微球仿生矿化的影响, 并与纯CS微球的仿生矿化进行了对比. 利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、 X射线衍射仪(XRD)、 溶胀率和含水率测试等考察了复合微球矿化前后的形貌特征、 物相结构及稳定性. 结果表明, 在相同时间下, CNTs/CS复合微球表面纳米羟基磷灰石的形成能力明显优于纯CS微球, 且形态稳定性更高. 细胞实验结果表明, 与MG63细胞共培养7 d时, 矿化复合微球细胞增殖明显.     

壳聚糖大分子链的形态调控及其在微悬浮聚合中的分散稳定作用

以易去除可回用的壳聚糖(CS)为分散剂,通过微悬浮聚合制备微米级的软硬质聚合物胶粒.考察不同酸碱度下水相介质中CS大分子链的质子化程度、亲疏水性和形态结构,及其对油水界面处CS存在形态的影响,进而评估其对剪切均质化所制单体液滴的分散稳定作用.发现通过调节体系pH值可较容易地控制CS大分子链的质子化程度、亲疏水性以及在单体液滴表面的吸附效率和铺展程度,进而可在弱酸性环境下调控微悬浮聚合体系中CS的分散能力和稳定效果.特别是当pH值在6.0左右时,CS大分子链质子化程度和亲疏水性适中,链内易形成具有一定内聚密度的高分子链收缩构象、链间易形成由多根CS链缠结而成的疏松聚集状态.在此状态下的CS链对苯丙单体液滴具有较强的分散能力和稳定作用,因而通过微悬浮聚合可制得形态结构规整、分散状态良好的聚合物粒子.进一步与微悬浮聚合常用的无机粉末类和高分子类分散剂进行应用效果比较,发现CS具有形态调控性好、分散稳定效率高、易去除能回用、特别适合制备软质微米胶粒等优点,是一种有别于无机粉末类和高分子类分散剂的新型微悬浮聚合分散剂.     

蛋白质DNA混合微点阵和微流控芯片的整合

在活化的石英片上制作蛋白质和DNA微点阵, 并可逆地将其与含有通道的多聚二甲基硅氧烷弹性橡胶封接在一起, 使蛋白质和DNA微点阵组装在微通道列阵内; 实现在微通道列阵内同时检测和分析蛋白质与DNA的功能. 为了降低多聚二甲基硅氧烷弹性橡胶的疏水性, 增强其生物相容性, 实验通过多聚赖氨酸对多聚二甲基硅氧烷弹性橡胶的修饰, 提高了它的亲水性, 使溶液能够在微通道内顺畅地流通. 实验表明, 这种混合芯片能够提高检测速度和增加检测的信息量.     

PNI PAM/CS微凝胶的性质测定

以N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)、壳聚糖(CS)为单体,N,N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺(MBA)为交联剂,制备了PNIPAM/CS微凝胶.测定了不同单体配比对微凝胶体积相转变温度(VPTT)的影响和25℃不同pH条件下微凝胶液浊度及粒径的变化.研究表明,PNIPAM/CS微凝胶具有温敏性;并且随着pH的增大,微凝胶粒径先变小后变大,显示pH敏感性;浊度法测定结果与粒径测定一致.     

用微模塑直接在聚合物曲面上制备微图形

用聚二甲基硅氧烷制备的,表面复制有微图形的"弹性印章"直接在聚乙烯,聚丙烯,聚苯乙烯和聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯等热塑性聚合物表面上进行热微模塑,无需复杂设备并可在普通实验室条件下,复制微图形,甚至在小试管外壁的曲面上或在用毛细管形成的微突起表面上也能制备出微曲面图形.讨论了不同聚合物对生成微图形的影响,认为结晶性聚合物以及在温度变化时有较大收缩率的聚合物在微模塑中难以获得清晰图形.无定形聚合物如聚苯乙烯和聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯等能够获得清晰的微结构.     

移动阴极式掩膜电解加工微沟槽阵列均匀性研究

掩膜电解加工是一种高效率、大规模加工微结构的特种加工方法。然而,由于电流分布的边缘效应,在微结构的掩膜电解加工过程中往往存在着严重的加工尺寸不一致问题。针对这一问题,本文提出了一种移动阴极式掩膜电解加工方法。首先,利用COMSOL有限元分析软件对微沟槽阵列掩膜电解加工过程中的电流分布和阳极轮廓形状进行了数值仿真。仿真结果表明,相对于常规阴极结构的掩膜电解加工,采用移动阴极结构的掩膜电解加工方法能够获得尺寸更加均匀的微沟槽阵列结构。其次,在数值仿真的基础上,开展了掩膜电解加工实验研究。实验结果表明,移动阴极式掩膜电解加工方法能够有效地改善微沟槽阵列加工的尺寸均匀性。相对于常规阴极结构的掩膜电解加工过程,移动阴极式掩膜电解加工微沟槽阵列的均匀性提高了68.3%,并且随着阴阳极间距的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度呈现出先减小后增大的趋势。随着阴极宽度的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度逐渐增大;随着阴极移动速度的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度逐渐减小,仿真与实验结果趋势一致。     

5-氟尿嘧啶/壳聚糖载药纳米微球的制备及性能

以三聚磷酸钠为交联剂,采用离子交联法制备了5-氟尿嘧啶/壳聚糖纳米微球,评价其性能、体外释药性能及对人肺癌细胞GLC-82的体外杀伤效应,并通过Zeta电位和红外光谱分析载药纳米微球形成机理.结果表明,所制备的5-Fu/CS纳米微球平均包封率为32.3%,平均载药量为25.6%,平均粒径为253nm,平均zeta电势为+8.38mV,成球性及分散性良好.CS载药纳米微球具有缓释性能,体外释药行为符合双向动力学规律.在体外作用72h,CS载药纳米微球对人肺癌细胞GLC-82的杀伤率达66.6%,杀伤效果明显优于5-Fu对照组.     

微通道中高分子运动的耗散粒子动力学模拟

对不同长度及不同数量的高分子链在微直通道及微缩通道中的流动进行了模拟与分析.研究表明,高分子链的伸展状态与微通道的形状密切相关,微直通道中高分子链能较充分地伸展,方形微缩通道中高分子链未能充分伸展,而斜坡微缩通道中高分子链的伸展状态介于微直通道与方形微缩通道之间.高分子的存在对微通道系统的温度没有明显影响,对密度与水平流动速度有较明显的影响.高分子链的运动直接影响到周围的简单流体粒子,降低其周围流体粒子的流动速度,对密度与速度产生局部扰动,形成"拖曳"现象.高分子链分布越密集,长度越长,高分子链的拖曳现象越明显.     

三聚氰胺甲醛微球的制备及模板法构建聚谷氨酸基微胶囊

以分散聚合法制备低交联度三聚氰胺甲醛(MF)微球, 研究了pH和反应时间等对MF微球粒径、表面电位和溶解性的影响. 以MF微球为模板, 采用层层自组装法交替吸附聚谷氨酸(PGA)和壳聚糖(CS), 构建中空的PGA/CS微胶囊. 采用偏光显微镜、纳米粒度及电位分析仪、红外和透射电镜等进行表征. 结果表明, MF粒径及表面电位随pH值降低而减小, 在盐酸中的溶解性随反应时间延长而变差. 在自组装过程中, 微球表面电位呈正负交替变化, 表明以静电力为主要驱动力制得的空心微胶囊粒径均匀, 分散良好, 模型药物罗丹明可成功载入其中, 有望成为优良的水溶性药物载体.     

Adipogenic differentiation of individual mesenchymal stem cell on different geometric micropatterns

Micropatterned surfaces are very useful to control cell microenvironment and investigate the physical effects on cell function. In this study, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) micropatterns on polystyrene cell-culture plates were prepared using UV photolithography. Cell adhesive polystyrene geometries of triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, and circle were surrounded by cell nonadhesive PVA to manipulate cell shapes. These different geometries had the same small surface areas for cell spreading. Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were cultured on the micropatterned surface, and the effect of cell geometry on adipogenic differentiation was investigated. MSCs adhered to the geometric micropatterns and formed arrays of single cell with different shapes. The distribution patterns of actin filaments were similar among these cell shapes and remolded during adipogenesis. The adipogenic differentiation potential of MSCs was similar on the small size triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, and circular geometries according to lipid vacuoles staining. This simple micropatterning technique using photoreactive molecules will be useful for creating micropatterns of arbitrary design on an organic surface, and cell functions can be directly and systematically compared on a single surface without external factors resulting from separate cell culture and coating method.     

Passive control of cell locomotion using micropatterns: the effect of micropattern geometry on the migratory behavior of adherent cells

Directed cell migration is critical to a variety of biological and physiological processes. Although simple topographical patterns such as parallel grooves and three-dimensional post arrays have been studied to guide cell migration, the effect of the dimensions and shape of micropatterns, which respectively represent the amount and gradient of physical spatial cues, on cell migration has not yet been fully explored. This motivates a quantitative characterization of cell migration in response to micropatterns having different widths and divergence angles. The changes in the migratory (and even locational) behavior of adherent cells, when the cells are exposed to physical spatial cues imposed by the micropatterns, are explored here using a microfabricated biological platform, nicknamed the "Rome platform". The Rome platform, made of a biocompatible, ultraviolet (UV) curable polymer (ORMOCOMP), consists of 3 μm thick micropatterns with different widths of 3 to 75 μm and different divergence angles of 0.5 to 5.0°. The migration paths through which NIH 3T3 fibroblasts move on the micropatterns are analyzed with a persistent random walk model, thus quantifying the effect of the divergence angle of micropatterns on cell migratory characteristics such as cell migration speed, directional persistence time, and random motility coefficient. The effect of the width of micropatterns on cell migratory characteristics is also extensively investigated. Cell migration direction is manipulated by creating the gradient of physical spatial cues (that is, divergence angle of micropatterns), while cell migration speed is controlled by modulating the amount of them (namely, width of micropatterns). In short, the amount and gradient of physical spatial cues imposed by changing the width and divergence angle of micropatterns make it possible to control the rate and direction of cell migration in a passive way. These results offer a potential for reducing the healing time of open wounds with a smart wound dressing engraved with micropatterns (or microscaffolds).     

Modulation of Foreign Body Reaction against PDMS Implant by Grafting Topographically Different Poly(acrylic acid) Micropatterns

The surface of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is grafted with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) layers via surface‐initiated photopolymerization to suppress the capsular contracture resulting from a foreign body reaction. Owing to the nature of photo‐induced polymerization, various PAA micropatterns can be fabricated using photolithography. Hole and stripe micropatterns ≈100‐µm wide and 3‐µm thick are grafted onto the PDMS surface without delamination. The incorporation of PAA micropatterns provides not only chemical cues by hydrophilic PAA microdomains but also topographical cues by hole or stripe micropatterns. In vitro studies reveal that a PAA‐grafted PDMS surface has a lower proliferation of both macrophages (Raw 264.7) and fibroblasts (NIH 3T3) regardless of the pattern presence. However, PDMS with PAA micropatterns, especially stripe micropatterns, minimizes the aggregation of fibroblasts and their subsequent differentiation into myofibroblasts. An in vivo study also shows that PDMS samples with stripe micropatterns polarized macrophages into anti‐inflammatory M2 macrophages and most effectively inhibits capsular contracture, which is demonstrated by investigation of inflammation score, transforming‐growth‐factor‐β expression, number of macrophages, and myofibroblasts as well as the collagen density and capsule thickness.     

In situ control of cellular growth and migration on substrates using microelectrodes

We describe an electrochemical method to direct the growth and migration of mammalian cells on a substrate during cultivation in situ. Exposing the albumin-coated substrate to an oxidizing agent, hypobromous acid, electrochemically generated at the tip of the scanning microelectrode, locally switched the substrate from cytophobic to cell-adhesive. This transformation generated the formation of cellular micropatterns. Since the concentration of the oxidizing agent required for the surface processing did not cause significant damage to the cell cultures, we were able to direct in situ cellular proliferation and migration by drawing adhesive micropatterns over the preexisting cellular pattern.     

A poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(L-glutamic acid) diblock copolymer with improved cell adhesion for surface modification

A novel PAA-b-PLGA diblock copolymer is synthesized and characterized that has excellent cell adhesion and biocompatibility. Fluorescent DiO labeling is used to monitor the attachment and growth of hASCs on the film surface, and cell proliferation over time is studied. Results show that PLLA modified by a CS/PAA-b-PLGA multilayer film can promote the attachment of human hASCs and provide an advantageous environment for their proliferation. The multilayer film presents excellent biocompatibility and cell adhesive properties, which will provide a new choice for improving the cell attachment in surface modification for tissue engineering. Hydroxyl, carboxyl and amine groups in the CS/PAA-b-PLGA multilayer film may be combined with drugs and growth factors for therapy and differentiation.     

新型介孔羟基磷灰石/壳聚糖-万古霉素药物释放系统复合材料的制备及体外抗菌和成骨能力

采用冷冻干燥法合成了介孔羟基磷灰石(HA)/壳聚糖(CS)-万古霉素(VCM)药物释放系统复合材料, 利用SEM, XRD和FTIR等方法对材料进行了表征. 结果证实CS与HA混合复合材料具有良好的孔径和孔隙率, 万古霉素吸附于复合材料的表面和内部. 细胞毒性实验[噻唑蓝(MTT)比色法]结果表明, 材料可以促进成骨细胞增殖且具有良好的细胞相容性. 体外抑菌实验结果证实此材料可长时间抑制耐甲氧西林金葡菌(MRSA)的生长, 具有良好的抑菌和杀菌能力. 细胞黏附实验结果表明, 成骨细胞附着于材料表面增殖并通过孔道延伸. 实时聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)实验结果表明, 在成骨相关标志产物胶原蛋白-1(COL-1)及骨形态发生蛋白-2(BMP-2)基因上均有较高的表达, 表明材料在体外可以促进成骨细胞生长, 具有良好的成骨能力.     

Polystyrene-coated micropallets for culture and separation of primary muscle cells

Despite identification of a large number of adult stem cell types, current primary cell isolation and identification techniques yield heterogeneous samples, making detailed biological studies challenging. To identify subsets of isolated cells, technologies capable of simultaneous cell culture and cloning are necessary. Micropallet arrays, a new cloning platform for adherent cell types, hold great potential. However, the microstructures composing these arrays are fabricated from an epoxy photoresist 1002F, a growth surface unsuitable for many cell types. Optimization of the microstructures’ surface properties was conducted for the culture of satellite cells, primary muscle cells for which improved cell isolation techniques are desired. A variety of surface materials were screened for satellite cell adhesion and proliferation and compared to their optimal substrate, gelatin-coated Petri dishes. A 1-μm thick, polystyrene copolymer was applied to the microstructures by contact printing. A negatively charged copolymer of 5% acrylic acid in 95% styrene was found to be equivalent to the control Petri dishes for cell adhesion and proliferation. Cells cultured on control dishes and optimal copolymer-coated surfaces maintained an undifferentiated state and showed similar mRNA expression for two genes indicative of cell differentiation during a standard differentiation protocol. Experiments using additional contact-printed layers of extracellular matrix proteins collagen and gelatin showed no further improvements. This micropallet coating strategy is readily adaptable to optimize the array surface for other types of primary cells.     

Hydrothermal growth of large-scale micropatterned arrays of ultralong ZnO nanowires and nanobelts on zinc substrate

Large-scale, ultralong ZnO nanowire and nanobelt arrays with honeycomb-like micropatterns have been fabricated by hydrothermal oxidation of zinc foil in aqueous alkaline (NH4)2S2O8 solutions.     

Controlled solvothermal synthesis of nanosheets, nanobelts, and ultralong nanobelt arrays with honeycomb-like micropatterns of ZnSe on zinc substrate

Nanosheets, nanobelts, and ultralong nanobelt arrays with honeycomb-like micropatterns of ZnSe were synthesized via a solvothermal reaction of Zn with Se and KBH(4) in ethylenediamine at 200 degrees C for 24 h and subsequent annealing. The control over these nanostructures with different morphologies was achieved by adjusting the KBH(4)/Se molar ratio. The role of KBH(4) in the formation of ZnSe(en)(0.5) nanobelts with different length-to-width ratios was investigated, and a possible mechanism was also proposed to account for the growth and conversion of these precursor nanostructures into ZnSe nanostructures. Current-voltage behaviors of the ultralong nanobelt arrays with honeycomb-like micropatterns were investigated. In addition, variable-aspect ratio ZnS nanosheets and nanowires were also synthesized by adjusting the KBH(4)/thiourea molar ratio in the Zn-thiourea-KBH(4)-ethylenediamine solvothermal system. The results suggest that this method may be employed for the controllable synthesis of other II-VI semiconductor nanostructures such as ZnTe, NiS, MnS, and so forth and provides opportunities for both fundamental research and technological applications.