Polymer MEMS system for measuring the mechanical modulus of a biological cell

BIODEVICES 2008 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 146-150

  Zhang, Wenyue ^a   Gnerlich, Markus ^a   Sun, Yaohua ^a   Jing, Gaoshan ^a   Paly, Jonathan J ^a   Voloshin, Arkady ^a   Tatic Lucic, Svetlana ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Dielectrophoresis; Mechanical modulus; MEMS; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROELECTRONICS; POISSON RATIO; POLYMERS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BIOMEMS DEVICES; CELL MECHANICS; DIELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROTHERMAL ACTUATORS; FIBROBLASTS CELLS; MECHANICAL MODULUS; MECHANICAL STRAINS; MEMS SYSTEMS; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROELECTRONICS CHIPS; PATHO PHYSIOLOGIES; POISSON'S RATIOS; POLYMER MEMS; POSITIONING SYSTEMS;

MEMS;

EID: 47249115916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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