We report on techniques to micropattern nanoporous gold thin films via stencil printing and photolithography, as well as methods to culture cells on the microfabricated patterns. In addition, we describe image analysis methods to characterize morphology of the material and the cultured cells using scanning electron and fluorescence microscopy techniques.
Daggumati, P., Kurtulus, O., Chapman, C. A. R., Dimlioglu, D., Seker, E. Microfabrication of Nanoporous Gold Patterns for Cell-material Interaction Studies. J. Vis. Exp. (77), e50678, doi:10.3791/50678 (2013).