The design of advanced functional materials with nanometer‐and micrometer‐scale control
over their properties is of considerable interest for both fundamental and applied studies …

Controlling the bulk and surface properties of materials is a real challenge for bioengineers
working in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering and biophysics. The layer-by-layer …

With the high occurrence of cardiovascular disease and increasing numbers of patients
requiring vascular access, there is a significant need for a small-diameter (< 6 mm inner …

Cellular behavior is crucially dependent on the biophysical and biochemical properties of
the extracellular matrix (ECM), in which the properties of biochemistry, topography, and …

In vitro replicas of bone marrow can potentially provide a continuous source of blood cells
for transplantation and serve as a laboratory model to examine human immune system …

The layer-by-layer assembly of sequentially adsorbed, alternating polyelectrolytes has
become increasingly important over the past two decades. The ease and versatility in …

Various nanometer-sized multilayers were directly prepared onto the surface of mouse L929
fibroblast cells by a layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique to control the cell surface …

Widely used in different biomedical applications, polyelectrolyte multilayers provide inter alia
an attractive way for manufacturing of bio-functionalized, stimuli responsive surface coatings …

Modern medicine uses a variety of synthetic materials and devices to treat medical
conditions and diseases. Biomedical devices such as coronary stents, vascular grafts, heart …

One of the outstanding goals in tissue engineering is to develop a natural coating surface
which is easy to manipulate, effective for cell adhesion and fully biocompatible. The ideal …