TY - JOUR AU - Cho, Kuk Young AB - Fabrication of physically engineered colloids and their application to the biological fields is emerging importance because of their potential to provide an enhanced performance without altering the chemical properties of biomaterials used. A facile approach is reported to fabricate sub‐10‐μm‐sized PLGA microparticle with small dimples covering the surface by droplet imprinting. Optical and magnetic resonance bioimaging agents are easily co‐encapsulated inside the microparticles to obtain a bi‐modal imaging agent. Cell internalization efficacy of dimpled particles in DC 2.4 cell is enhanced compared with conventional smooth round‐shaped colloids. Our result indicates that morphology‐controlled microparticles show promise as a cell labeling with improved cell interaction. TI - Biodegradable Microparticles with Surface Dimples as a Bi‐Modal Imaging Contrast Agent JF - Macromolecular Rapid Communications DO - 10.1002/marc.201200729 DA - 2013-03-12 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/biodegradable-microparticles-with-surface-dimples-as-a-bi-modal-btYaNClj0m SP - 406 EP - 410 VL - 34 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -