Biomimetic Composite Materials Project Details
Our tissues are composed of composite materials of biopolymers and ceramic structures, with hierarchical order for guiding cell and tissue organisation. Using micro- and nano- fabrication techniques we design and develop composite biomaterials that recapitulate these architectures. We also aim to devise new hybrid biomaterials with additional functionality (e.g. sensing and actuation).
- Representative publications
- Tiffany H. Huang*, Yi Pei*, Douglas Zhang, Yanfen Li, and Kristopher A. Kilian, Patterned porous silicon photonic crystals with modular surface chemistry for spatial control of neural stem cell differentiation, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 10891-10895
- Amr A. Abdeen, Junmin Lee, N. Ashwin Bharadwaj, Randy H. Ewoldt, and Kristopher A. Kilian, Temporal Modulation of Stem Cell Activity Using Magnetoactive Hydrogels, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2016, 5 (19), 2536-2544