ABSTRACT
A plethora of synthetic and natural biomaterials containing different properties are available for use in various clinical and biomedical applications [1]. Biomaterials have been used in many forms as prostheses, implant materials, matrices for guided tissue engineering, biosensors, microfluidic devices, and scaffolds, just to name a few [2]. Biomaterials often serve as substrates onto which cell populations can attach and migrate, function as cell delivery vehicles when combined and implanted with specific cell types, and used as drug carriers to promote specific cellular function in a localized region [3,4].
