Improving piezoelectric cell printing accuracy and reliability through neutral buoyancy of suspensions

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2932-2940

  Chahal, Daljeet ^a   Ahmadi, Ali ^a   Cheung, Karen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell printing; Clogging; Drug screening; Inkjet; Piezoelectric; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELL PRINTING; CLOGGING; DRUG SCREENING; INKJET; PIEZOELECTRIC;

BUOYANCY; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GLUCOSE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRINTING PRESSES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PRINTING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL VIABILITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRINTING; SUSPENSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUSPENSIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84866772622     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24562     Document Type: Article

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