Surface Nanopatterning
Micro/Nanoscale topography surface exhibits many prominent properties and is extensively employed in biomedical device, microfluidic device and energy device fabrication. Additionally, the clinical applications of biomaterials can be largely expanded with help of nanostructured surfaces. For example, current research has shown that nanotopography has the ability to elicit specific cues and promote the controlled differentiation of stem cells in vitro. Similarly, nanopatterned gold rods are widely used in biosensing studies of biologically relevant systems. In our lab, nanopatterned polymers and biomolecules with various feature sizes on different substrates have been successfully fabricated.