Recent advances in nano patterning and nano imprint lithography for biological applications

N Vigneswaran, F Samsuri, B Ranganathan - Procedia Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Nano patterning and Nanoimprint lithography [NIL] has advanced to great heights in recent
years. Customizing the surface at micro and nano scale is of great demand. It facilitates the …

Curcumin induced HepG2 cell apoptosis-associated mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular free Ca2+ concentration

M Wang, Y Ruan, Q Chen, S Li, Q Wang… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a phytochemicals which is able to inhibit carcinogenesis in a variety of cell
lines. However little is known about its effect on the cell-surface and the interaction between …

Cell-imprint surface modification by contact photolithography-based approaches: direct-cell photolithography and optical soft lithography using PDMS cell imprints

H Kavand, H van Lintel, S Bakhshi Sichani… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
New cell-imprint surface modification techniques based on direct-cell photolithography and
optical soft lithography using poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) cell imprints are presented for …

Efficient capture of cancer cells by their replicated surfaces reveals multiscale topographic interactions coupled with molecular recognition

W Wang, H Cui, P Zhang, J Meng… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cell–surface topographic interactions can direct the design of biointerfaces, which have
been widely used in isolation of circulating tumor cells or fundamental cell biological …

Recent progress in low temperature nanoimprint lithography

H Sun - Microsystem Technologies, 2015 - Springer
Nanoimprint lithography is a low cost and high throughput technology to fabricate
nanostructures with excellent resolution. However, traditional thermal nanoimprint limits its …

Apigenin induced MCF‐7 cell apoptosis‐associated reactive oxygen species

H Bai, H Jin, F Yang, H Zhu, J Cai - Scanning: The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Apigenin is a flavonoid, which has been proved to possess effective anti‐cancer bioactivities
against variety of cell lines. However, little is known about its effect on the cell‐surface and …

The characteristics of Ishikawa endometrial cancer cells are modified by substrate topography with cell-like features and the polymer surface

LH Tan, PH Sykes, MM Alkaisi… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional in vitro culture studies on flat surfaces do not reproduce tissue environments,
which have inherent topographical mechanical signals. To understand the impact of these …

Cell-like features imprinted in the physical nano-and micro-topography of the environment modify the responses to anti-cancer drugs of endometrial cancer cells

LH Tan, PH Sykes, MM Alkaisi, JJ Evans - Biofabrication, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Topographical features of cells at nanometre resolution were fabricated in polystyrene. The
study investigated the effect of physical topography on the response of cancer cells to the …

Bioimprinting: bringing together 2D and 3D in dissecting cancer biology

M Sarwar, JJ Evans - BioTechniques, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cellular functions and tissue
homeostasis has been well acknowledged [1]. ECM represents a major constituent of tissue …

Microfluidics-assisted photo nanoimprint lithography for the formation of cellular bioimprints

V Nock, L Murray, F Samsuri, MM Alkaisi… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Morphology and surface features provide important markers for cell development and
reaction to external stimuli. Bioimprint offers a technique for the permanent capture of these …