Cell behaviour on a polyaniline nanoprotrusion structure surface

Hyoryung Nam; Taechang An; Geunbae Lim

doi:10.1186/1556-276X-9-566

Cell behaviour on a polyaniline nanoprotrusion structure surface

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Oct 11;9(1):566. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-566. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Hyoryung Nam¹, Taechang An², Geunbae Lim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
² Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Andong National University, Andong, Korea.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.

Abstract

The extracellular matrix provides mechanical support and affects cell behaviour. Nanoscale structures have been shown to have functions similar to the extracellular matrix. In this study, we fabricated nanoprotrusion structures with polyaniline as cell culture plates using a simple method and determined the effects of these nanoprotrusion structures on cells.

Keywords: Cell behaviour; Nanoprotrusion structure; Osteoblast; Polyaniline.