Patterned and switchable surfaces for biomaterial applications

Chapter 6 – Overall conclusionsnew materials for specific biomedical applications, particularly since biomolecularand cellular interactions with material surfaces are complex and difficult to predict apriori.In summary, a number of biodevice applications will benefit from the furtherdevelopment of biomolecular manipulation and an advanced understanding of theinterface behaviour of biomolecules and cells. Here, it has been demonstrated thatthis can be achieved by introducing both patterned and switchable elements in orderto both spatially and temporally control the complex biological systems thatbiodevices interact with, coupled with the development of tools to analyse in depththe surface behaviour of biomolecules and living cells.6-212