Fig. 4.
Creation of micropatterned surfaces for regionally-selective cell adhesion and growth using carbon nanoparticles.
A. Univex-300 vacuum system (Leybold, Germany) in the collaborating Nuclear Physics Institute, Acad. Sci. CR, Rez near Prague.
B. Metallic mask inserted on a microscopic glass coverslip.
C. Microdomains created by the deposition of fullerenes C₆₀ through the metallic mask on the glass coverslip in the Univex-300 vacuum system.
D. Selective adhesion and growth of human osteoblast-like MG 63 cells in grooves among the fullerene microdomains.