Self‐Assembled Arrays of Dendrimer–Gold‐Nanoparticle Hybrids for Functional Cell Studies

Abstract

Dendrimer-controlled cell growth: A dendrimer–gold-nanoparticle hybrid array (see picture; PEG=polyethylene glycol), which can control the apparent dendrimer surface density, was used to investigate cell adhesion. The effect of the macromolecular architecture on the attachment and the morphological development of endothelial cells was studied. The dendrimer outperformed a linear counterpart, most likely modulated by the different interactions between the dendrimer and the proteins in the cell media. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.