micropattern
verbEtymology From micro- + pattern. Piecewise doublet of micropatron.
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To control the spatial arrangement of objects at the microscopic level
- These modified substrates are utilized to pattern a single cell type, or to micropattern two cell types to control their level of interaction.1999, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, “Micropatterning cells in tissue engineering”, in Morgan & Yarmush, editors, Tissue Engineering Methods and Protocols, →ISBN, page 352:
- Related terms
- microfabrication, nanopattern