Bio-actuated power generator using heart muscle cells on a PDMS membrane

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 903-906

  Ishisaka, T ^a   Sato, H ^b   Akiyama, Y ^a   Furukawa, Y ^a   Morishima, K ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio MEMS; Cardiomyoeyte; Chemical energy; Piezoelectric fiber; Power generator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOREACTORS; CELL MEMBRANES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIBER OPTICS; MICROSYSTEMS; MUSCLE; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

BIO MEMS; BIOCHEMICAL REACTORS; CARDIOMYOEYTE; CELLULAR ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL ENERGY; CONTRACTILE FORCE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; HEART CELLS; HEART MUSCLE CELLS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO ACTUATORS; MICRO ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; PDMS MEMBRANES; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBER; POWER GENERATOR; POWER GENERATORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

CELLS;

EID: 50049093977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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