Browsing by Subject "PDMS"
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(2008-08-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLiving cells and tissues experience mechanical forces in their physiological environments that are known to affect many cellular processes. Also of importance are the mechanical properties of cells, as well as the microforces ...
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(2006-04-05)Department: PhysicsThe dissertation describes the design and application of the Nanophysiometer, a microfluidic network that is combined with a thin film microelectrode array to study force – excitation coupling in single cardiac myocytes. ...
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(2015-04-05)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMicrofluidic systems provide numerous features and advantages that make them well-suited for investigations of interesting phenomena in cell biology. Several microfluidic cell culture platforms were developed to probe cell ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04)The study of living specimens is essential to the understanding of organismal behavior. Unfortunately, a major difficulty in the study of live organisms is that many move in and out of the field of view or focal plane ...