Journal article
Liquid crystal chemical sensors that cells can wear
U Manna, YM Zayas-Gonzalez, RJ Carlton, F Caruso, NL Abbott, DM Lynn
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Published : 2013
Abstract
I'm stuck on you: Droplet-based liquid crystal (LC) chemical sensors can be immobilized on living cells. The decorated cells can report in real time on the presence of toxins in surrounding culture media. The approach provides new principles for the design of droplet-based LC sensors as well as methods for the local detection and reporting of chemical agents that are difficult to achieve in cellular environments using free-floating LC droplets. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support was provided by the NSF through a grant to the MRSEC at UW-Madison (DMR-1121288) and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-07-1-0255), and made use of NSF-supported shared facilities.