Acknowledgements

We are especially thankful to our financial sponsors and industrial collaborators:

Financial sponsors:

The Royal Society (UK): http://royalsociety.org/

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK): http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm

British Heart Foundation: http://www.bhf.org.uk/

National Institutes of Health Research (UK): http://www.nihr.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx

National Institutes of Health (USA): http://www.nih.gov

Industrial collaborators:

Nisco Engineering AG: http://www.nisco.ch/index.htm

NanoLab Inc.,: http://www.nano-lab.com/

Nyacol Nanotechnologies Inc.: http://www.nyacol.com/

Meliorum Technologies, Inc.: http://meliorum.com/

Plasticell Ltd: http://www.plasticell.co.uk/welcome.php