Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2018,9, 205–215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.22
challenges for applying LC nanoarchitectures in tissue engineering fields is discussed.
Keywords: biocolloid; biopolymer; cell-matrixinteraction; mesophase; regenerative medicine; Review
Introduction
Liquid crystals (LCs) are ubiquitous in our life [1]. On one hand, LC materials play a central role in
schematic of LC nanoarchitectures interacting with cells.
The LC order of the biopolymers has three major implications for the biological systems: (1) cell–matrixinteraction, (2) formation of ECM-based connective tissues, and (3) cellular and subcellular level physiology. First, the spatially anisotropic
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Figure 1:
Lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase transition of a dispersion of rod-like particles as a function o...