Scanning Electron Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy: Topographic and Dynamical Surface Studies of Blends, Composites, and Hybrid Functional Materials for Sustainable Future

Figure 7

SEM micrographs: (a) lateral view of 3D filament-deposited scaffold reconstruction; (b) inner structure of the same scaffold; (c) colonisation of the 3D PCL scaffold in dynamic condition (scale bar 1 mm); (d) high magnification showing the external cell monolayer (scale bar 1 mm); (e) cells bridging the grooves (scale bar 100 μm); (f) cell arrangement suggestive of a new vascular structure (scale bar 100 μm); (g) spheroid of MC63 and human umbilical vein cells generated in dynamic condition (scale bar 50 μm) (adapted with permission from ref. [38]).