A flexible, quantum dot-labeled cantilever post array for studying cellular microforces

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 385-397

  Addae Mensah, Kweku A ^a   Kassebaum, Nicholas J ^b   Bowers II, Michael J ^b   Reiserer, Ronald S ^b   Rosenthal, Sandra J ^b   Moore, Paul E ^b   Wikswo, John P ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantilever post array; Human airway smooth muscle cells; Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CANTILEVER POST ARRAYS; CELLULAR MICROFORCES; HUMAN AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS);

MEMS;

EID: 34247120054     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.12.026     Document Type: Article

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