Biomedical Applications of Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly: From Biomimetics to Tissue Engineering

Abstract The design of advanced, nanostructured materials at the molecular level is of tremendous interest for the scientific and engineering communities because of the broad application of these materials in the biomedical field. Among the available techniques, the layer‐by‐layer assembly method introduced by Decher and co‐workers in 1992 has attracted extensive attention because it possesses extraordinary advantages for biomedical applications: ease of preparation, versatility, capability of incorporating high loadings of different types of biomolecules in the films, fine control over the materials' structure, and robustness of the products under ambient and physiological conditions. In this context, a…

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  National Science Foundation

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  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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  Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
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  National Institutes of Health
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  Air Force Office of Scientific Research