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A multi-material platform for imaging of single cell-cell junctions under tensile load fabricated with two-photon polymerization
We previously reported a single-cell adhesion micro tensile tester (SCAμTT) fabricated from IP-S photoresin with two-photon polymerization (TPP) for investigating the mechanics of a single cell-cell junction u...
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Microfluidic Device for Localized Electroporation
Electroporation is a common method of transfection due to its relatively low risk and high transfection efficiency. The most common method of electroporation is bulk electroporation which is easily performed o...
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Open AccessSpatiotemporal Characterizations of Spontaneously Beating Cardiomyocytes with Adaptive Reference Digital Image Correlation
We developed an Adaptive Reference-Digital Image Correlation (AR-DIC) method that enables unbiased and accurate mechanics measurements of moving biological tissue samples. We applied the AR-DIC analysis to a s...
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Open AccessThe LINC complex, mechanotransduction, and mesenchymal stem cell function and fate
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show tremendous promise as a cell source for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and are understood to be mechanosensitive to external mechanical environments. In recent...
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A Humanoid Neck System Featuring Low Motion-Noise
This paper presents our recently developed humanoid neck system that can effectively mimic motion of human neck with very low motion noises. The features of low motion noises allows our system to work like a r...
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Augmented Reality for Nano Manipulation
In recent research in nano and micro world, the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) [1] plays more and more important role because of high resolution image [2] and vacuum free working environment. With the help of A...
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Motion Controller for Atomic Force Microscopy Based Nanobiomanipulation
Nanomanipulation with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is one of the fundamental tools for nanomanufacturing. The motion control of the nanomanipulation system requires accurate feedback from the piezoelectric ac...
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Atomic Force Microscopy as Nanorobot
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful and widely used imaging technique that can visualize single molecules under physiological condition at the nanometer scale. In this chapter, an AFM-based nanorobot f...
