Efficient dielectrophoretic patterning of embryonic stem cells in energy landscapes defined by hydrogel geometries

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3777-3788

  Tsutsui, Hideaki ^a   Yu, Edmond ^a   Marquina, Sabrina ^a   Valamehr, Bahram ^b   Wong, Ieong ^a   Wu, Hong ^b   Ho, Chih Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell microarray; Dielectrophoresis; Microfluidics; Poly(ethylene glycol); Surface engineering

Indexed keywords

AFTER INITIATION; CELL MICROARRAY; DEP FORCE; DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE; DIELECTROPHORESIS; DIELECTROPHORETIC; DRUG DISCOVERY; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EMBRYONIC STEMS; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; EXTERNAL FLOW; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICROWELLS; NONFOULING; POSITIVE DIELECTROPHORESIS; SEEDING DENSITY; SIMPLE APPROACH; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

BIOSENSORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROGELS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROARRAYS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONOLAYERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; STEM CELLS; SURFACES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CYTOLOGY;

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)DIACRYLATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL MOTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROGEL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROGELS; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 78651385226     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0108-1     Document Type: Article

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