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Materials 2013, 6, 1803-1825; doi:10.3390/ma6051803 OPEN ACCESS

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Engineering Cellular Photocomposite Materials Using Convective Assembly Jessica S. Jenkins 1, Michael C. Flickinger 1,2,* and Orlin D. Velev 1 1

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 911 Partners Way, NC 27695, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (J.S.J.); [email protected] (O.D.V.) Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), North Carolina State University, 850 Oval Drive, Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +1-919-515-0175. Received: 20 February 2013; in revised form: 22 April 2013 / Accepted: 23 April 2013 / Published: 7 May 2013

Abstract: Fabricating industrial-scale photoreactive composite materials containing living cells, requires a deposition strategy that unifies colloid science and cell biology. Convective assembly can rapidly deposit suspended particles, including whole cells and waterborne latex polymer particles into thin (