Self-assembling peptide surfaces for cell patterning and interactions

US6368877B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
• President and Fellows of Harvard College · US

Inventors

• Shuguang Zhang · Lexington, US
• Alexander Rich · Cambridge, US
• Lin Yan · East Brunswick Township, US
• George M. Whitesides · Newton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2610/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This invention describes self assembled monolayers (SAMs) manufactured by imprinting reactive peptides onto solid supports. The invention further relates to methods of preparing and using these improved SAMs.