This article describes a biofabrication approach: deposition of stimuli-responsive polysaccharides in the presence of biased electrodes to create biocompatible films which can be functionalized with cells or proteins. We demonstrate a bench-top strategy for the generation of the films as well as their basic uses for creating interactive biofunctionalized surfaces for lab-on-a-chip applications.
Gordonov, T., Liba, B., Terrell, J. L., Cheng, Y., Luo, X., Payne, G. F., Bentley, W. E. Bridging the Bio-Electronic Interface with Biofabrication. J. Vis. Exp. (64), e4231, doi:10.3791/4231 (2012).