Nanofibers Protrude from a Polymer Surface, Image #2
Nanofibers Protrude from a Polymer Surface, Image #2
This image, submitted by Julio M. D'Arcy, Erik C. Dreaden, and Paula T. Hammond at the Koch Institute, shows sea anemone-like nanofibers protruding out of a polymer surface.
Koch Institute at MIT, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
Julio M. D'Arcy, Erik C. Dreaden, Paula T. Hammond
Hammond Laboratory, Koch Institute
Helium Ion Microscopy
"This image shows electrically conducting plastic nanofibers that can serve as a scaffold for probing cellular growth. These nanofibers can puncture a cell and can be used to inject them with a variety of chemicals that are capable of killing them. I collected this image in order to study the interaction between a porous polymeric nanofibrillar surface and human cancer breast cells. [It is] part of subset of experiments geared towards discovering biological applications for conducting polymer nanofibers."
