{"id":21,"date":"2016-01-20T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2017-06-02T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:18:32","slug":"vascularized-self-replenishing-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/research\/vascularized-self-replenishing-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Vascularized Self-Replenishing Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-210 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-300x235.png\" alt=\"Leafdevice\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-105x82.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-210x164.png 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-317x248.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-634x496.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-423x331.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice-846x662.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2016\/01\/Leafdevice.png 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Nature<\/strong> has developed ways to keep the surfaces of animals and plants functioning and contamination-free. Inspired by this concept, we have devised methods to incorporate vascular systems into infused polymers to give them self-replenishing properties. Using <strong>3D printing,<\/strong> we explore the effects of vascularization on self-replenishment and adapt these systems for use across a wide variety of applications in industry and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, check out these publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/263779164_Self-Replenishing_Vascularized_Fouling-Release_Surfaces?ev=prf_pub\">Howell C, Vu T, Lin J, Kolle S, Juthani N,Watson E, Weaver J, Alvarenga J, Aizenberg J (2014). Self-replenishing vascularized fouling-release surfaces. <em>ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces,<\/em> 6, 13299-13307<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/272815090_Liquid-Infused_Silicone_As_a_Biofouling-Free_Medical_Material\">MacCallum N, Howell C<strong>, <\/strong>Kim P, Sun D, Friedlander R, Ranisau J, O. Ahanotu, Lin J, Hatton B, Wong T-S, Aizenberg J (2015), Oil-infused silicone tubing as a biofouling-free medical material. <em>ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering<\/em>, 1, 43-51.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group members working on this topic: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/people\/kayla-marquis\/\">Kayla Marquis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/people\/anna-webber\/\">Anna Webber,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/people\/huseini-patanwala\/\">Huseini Patanwala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature has developed ways to keep the surfaces of animals and plants functioning and contamination-free. Inspired by this concept, we have devised methods to incorporate vascular systems into infused polymers to give them self-replenishing properties. Using 3D printing, we explore the effects of vascularization on self-replenishment and adapt these systems for use across a wide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vascularized Self-Replenishing Surfaces - Howell Biointerface Lab - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/howelllab\/research\/vascularized-self-replenishing-surfaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vascularized Self-Replenishing Surfaces - Howell Biointerface Lab - University of Maine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nature has developed ways to keep the surfaces of animals and plants functioning and contamination-free. 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