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Cell spreading behaviors on hybrid nanopillar and nanohole arrays

  • Xiaomin Wu
    ,
  • Li Li
    ,
  • Lu Wang
    ,
  • Zecheng Lei
    ,
  • Fan Yang
    ,
  • Ri Liu
  • Changchun University of Science and Technology
    ,
  • Beijing Normal University
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Abstract

Although nanopillars (NPs) provide a promising tool for capturing tumor cells, the effect of mixing NPs with other nanopatterns on cell behavior remains to be further studied. In this paper, a method of fabricating silicon nanoscale topographies by combining laser interference lithography with metal assisted chemical etching was introduced to investigate the behaviors and pseudopodia of A549 cells on the topologies. It was found that cells had a limited manner in spreading with small cell areas on the silicon nanopillar (SiNP) arrays, but a good manner in spreading with large cell areas on the silicon nanohole (SiNH) arrays. When on the hybrid SiNP/SiNH arrays, cells had medium cell areas and they arranged orderly along the boundaries of SiNPs and SiNHs, as well as 80% of cells displayed a preference for SiNPs over SiNHs. Furthermore, the lamellipodia and filopodia are dominant in the hybrid SiNP/SiNH and SiNP arrays, respectively, both of them are dominant in the SiNH arrays. In addition, the atomic force acoustic microscopy was also employed to detect the subsurface features of samples. The results suggest that the hybrid SiNP/SiNH arrays have a targeted trap and elongation effect on cells. The findings provide a promising method in designing hybrid nanostructures for efficient tumor cell traps, as well as regulating the cell behaviors and pseudopodia.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

045101

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Nanotechnology (Volume 33, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 04/06/2021
  • Published - 05/11/2021

Publication status

Published - 05/11/2021

ISSN

0957-4484

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625364
  • Scopus: 85119171915

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